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Show BALLOONS AXD WAJ.. IN CONJUNCTION WITH Winn-LCS9 Winn-LCS9 TELEQnAI'IIY In tha Campaign Nnw on In tha Tranl-aal Tranl-aal World It lnd.bt.il In (Irrmanr for In. IaImI U.r.loiui.ut In Ar-nantlra. Ar-nantlra. (Special Utter.) To Ocrmanr the world l Inilebttd tor tbo latest and raoit marked advance ad-vance In the aclenco at aeronautic!. A new balloon baa Juit been tested there with tlgnal succeii, and those who are competent to apeak with au thorltjr predict tbat It will become no mall factor In future wars, and that It will prore of great aid to science, and especially to meteorology, since It will cnablo obierrr.t to study at their ease tho upper currmts of the air, Oon. A. W. Orcely, chief signal officer offi-cer of the United States army, studied the balloon cnrcfultjr a short time ago, and he becamo ao Impressed with Its usefulness that be has Just given an order tor one. Oermanjr took no Interest In ballooning bal-looning until 18SI, whereas Krance began be-gan to make experiments In this direction di-rection almost Immediate! after the war of 1870. In 18SI the derman minister min-ister of war at the request of the School of Artillery, formed a corps, consisting of four officers, four lieutenants, lieu-tenants, twenty-nine primes', and ens skilled balloonist, and assigned to II the special dulr of making experi ments In aeronautics. Since then the corps bas worked steadily, with the result re-sult tbat Uermany today claims to be as well equipped as Krance Is In the matter of balloons. Nay, German scientists claim that Krance has norer done as much with any balloon as Germany Is now doing with the wonderful won-derful dragon balloon, which Is the object of this article. Of thla new air ship, Capt. ton Tars-vat, Tars-vat, a Bavarian, and First Lieut, roa Slgsfeld, a Prussian, are the Inventors. Ily carefully studying older types they discovered the difficulties which they would havo to avoid, and they did not rest until they had learned how to avoid them. Hitherto the wind was the crowning obstacle In a balloonlst's path. It was possible to aicend, but It was not always posslblo to go In the desired direction or to mako the desired de-sired observations from the necessary altitude. Kven a moderate wind sufficed suf-ficed to depress the familiar bullet-shaped bullet-shaped balloon, the result being that It could not mount high, and was consequently con-sequently practically useless for military mili-tary purposes, a sine qua non In such cases being an air ship from which an observer could command a view of a wldo extent of territory. Inventors came to the conclusion that a round balloon could not do good service, and It la not surprising that tho most notlccablo feature about their new air ship Is the great length, It Is obvious tbat a long construction of this kind can make bolter headway against tho wind, and the testa which have been made provo tbat tbls holds truo even when tbero Is n storm. Again, It Is Imperative that a balloon should keep as far as possible on a regular course, and should not be at tho mercy of tho wind, and this object has been attained In tho dragon balloon bal-loon by means of a so-called steering sack, which Is placed under the rear portion at tho air ship. In tho front of this sack there Is an opening through which the wind blows. At tho roar there Is another, but much smaller opening, through which the wind Issues after It has passed through the sack. When there Is a change of wind, there Is necessarily neces-sarily a greater pressure on one slda of the sack, and this In turn acta upon the body of the balloon and Impels It to E In the right direction, It can readily bo seen, however, tbat In spite ot this precaution, tbero would constantly be a danger ot ovcrmneb pressure, but tbls danger has been avoided by means ot llnet and other methods of control, which serve to keep the ship steadily In a horizontal direction. In aerial Investigations of any nature na-ture the best success Is assure! when the balloon retain, lis original form from start to finish, but, as same Iom of gas Is Inevitable, somo alteration ot form bas hitherto almost Invariably taken place. Captain von l'arsval and First Lieutenant ton Slgsfeld have guarded against tbls obstacle In a roost Ingenious manner. In the Interior ot loileal Cmria-tr.,, h. can tell thou below w,( h, ,, ().UTerwji Bn(i need not leu ,auble time In making records; If ae i, ,tng 0t Bn memy's country or ,, th) pr)(!rw, of battle na Hn tu, Bi ioa ln. formatloa h , i, ,, prote . tnM. tlmable TtS,( TbUMwb,'., Is kept In a home specially (on. m t.,l for It, and, If desired, lot ir, ,iry quaam,, . g may be let , ,, ttom 011t itJ to another. Foreign tHUMiiinu are taking much In-etm in ihe new air ship, and It Is saldUat Amtrla will very soon bo well iilh ,i witB dragon balloons. The Unite, m n,, .orcrnment la also Ark AwOm ArnHm Jm3Fh Ssllp'mr' I ' A DItARON UALLOON, (The Latest Developments la Atronautlcs. the balloon, which Is about alx hundred hun-dred cubic meters In site, there la a acparato gas tight compartment ot about one hundred and fifty cubic, meters. me-ters. While the balloon ascends the gas presses against the partition and through an Ingenious method of ventilation ven-tilation Is permitted to escape. Aa soon as the desired height Is reached, and the balloon cornea to rest, the pressure ot gas ceases, and the opening, open-ing, which serves for the purpoie ot ventilation, Is closed. When the balloon bal-loon begins to descend a rcverso process pro-cess takes place. Air Is admitted, when necessary, and thus tbo desired cqull- MILITARY DALLOONINO. (Ileconnolterlng In a strong wind. The balloon holds 11.000 cubic feet of gas. Ten ot those balloons havo been sent to Cape Colonv, Ten to Natal. Tho lifting power of oach la 700 pounds ) lbrlum Is preserved. The reault of this device Is that from the moment II leaves tho earth until It returns the balloon Is wholly unchanged as to form. Tho usefulness of a mat In a balloon la enhanced a hundredfold If he can communicate directly with persons on the earth, and the Inventors ot this new air ahlp havo rendered inch communication com-munication very simple by means of a telephone, Whether tho aeronaut Is up aloft for scientific or for military purposes he will find this telephone very usstul. If he Ii making meteoro- fully lUrt to the fact that tbls new ballooi promises to be more serviceable service-able tosunklnd than any of Its predecessor, prede-cessor, life ever been, and, If It Is as mcrltarlots as It Is said to be, there Is not Us slightest doubt that Americans Ameri-cans ,n know how to make use of Ita adranUivi. Military experts certainly certain-ly xil'Mjtily ot It, their claim being tbit ft will prove of signal servlco not only In open warfare, but also In ciso of ileges, since an Immenso advantage mi; be -gained In thla way by study-Icj study-Icj the location of the enemy'a troops nil) batteries. On the whole. It Is dotbtful If Germany has In recent ytlrs Invented anything moro notablo thin thts.and the Invention Is the mors toWr credit for the reason that until a short time ago sho practically took very little Interest In aeronautics. llllltary ballooning has received a aoiderful auxiliary In wireless teleg-rs;hy teleg-rs;hy We reproduco from n London piper an lllmtratlon of a systom ot I rewnnolterlng where both balloons and electrical waves are employed. Tho large balloon does the scouting, the miller one, which a soldier In attendant! attend-ant! on the commanding officer can to about by hand, receives the mca-siii mca-siii and transmits It to the Instruments Instru-ments on the ground. Twenty balloon bal-loon havo been dispatched to the Cap. They aro made ot gold-beater's skin and are quite Impermeable,, having hav-ing lept up six months at Atdershot without losing their lifting power. Klaborata experiments point to the utility of tbls system In warfare. |