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Show THE fRCSPECTS fOH Fl.YINQ. DlM-uailsst .r thr IMm. iillIrs la lha W. of AInu-I'IIkM. Professor Hi. null New-comb Is the nu tl.er of no nrli.-le In The in. I. p u,..n Oil the suiiji-ct of j I,,. oiii....k for the fri.'.lig .Machine." 'i lie outlook Is vciy iy fr.uu the professor' atiin.l- P' "i. lie ii nts out a niiinlii r of ilir-llciib'es, ilir-llciib'es, win. li lie b.ij are only pr. liin. In.irv . im,. nt ,, in,, ,,11-rnce. A ll"T. fundamental ,ii. k. III. which tbe Wil.r teels ninv prove liisiirili illiilii-bl.'. illiilii-bl.'. is I,.-,,, ,1 ,,ii f nniin,. will. Ii e rr,. . accept. s Unit wu-ii v,,. , .,.,.,. ,. ,, nf " " I ii,,. will:. nil changing Its m ..I I We in, ,. ,...,, , propoi.ioli '" "1 -e nil f the linear dimensions. I-'-.l- ex M.,. ,:,t all lilt clip r an ., , ,., , ,.,,. ,M.,ilhu. ui., i, np tvhi. li will go Into a ni.il. ii e". J.- .wtipl.-.c til nil 111 ..l;-t. ali.e to Hv iii, .mi, I il, room. It limy cau-y I'liil.ni, hut inching henvler. Mint,, I b.v l..s sii.-eesi, be inaU.s on- on thai th-ai llie i.:.., lei tvtice iis large In cv -ry l.iio-as..,n. The pails of tlie llrsi. Wlicli in., one Incli lu leegib. he In-cr.-asn i iichis. livery put Is twice as long, twice in Inoad iiml twice as th!,.K. - u. r,,sll, 1(l n,.lt ),,, ,..;,,,, i-nilit lit... s as heavy as before. P., it leg toil-fee is on'y fr t'.nes as gical. As coin-hi nil with the 'u.ilW-r icii. hlne. Its ratio of nfc-iive- """ is r. . in o half. It may miry two or three Iniii, ms, hut tv.ll not carry car-ry over f.eir. because tlio Mini weight, machine plus hullo is. en i only be nna'lnii.I,, I, ami If be more tbnn una. ironies tl,,. weight of tbe innch ne bt nnisi less llinn ipmdriiplp tiial ut the load. How ninny of sueli enlate- '""nis inn-fhe wake bef.ire b'a ma-ttiltte ma-ttiltte will cease to suslalll Itself, be-f"ie be-f"ie It will fall as mi Inert mass when we seek lo make It lly through the nlrV 1" there any sirs nt which It will be nlile to support n huiiuiii being? We may will l,e.,in;e before tv,. answer this question In the ntlii iiiatlt e. It Is of interest to noli, e tlin't the law Il reversed lu the cane of a body which la not supported by the resis.ance of fluid In which It Is llinn rsrd. but Junta In lt-tli ship or balloon, for eniuiile. When we double the linear dimensions, of a aleuinshlp In nil Its parts wo Increase not only her w eight, but ber floating power, her carrying rapacity and her engine capacity eightfold. eight-fold. Hut tbo resistance w h.cli she meets tvlib when passing through tiie water at n glveu speed la only uiiiltl- plied four time, II, e, the larger we bttlld the aleanisblp the moro economical econom-ical the application of power necessary to drive It. Tlie pi oponiouately diminishing dimin-ishing resistance which In tbo flying marhlno represents tbe floating power la in the ship something to be oversale. over-sale. Tuna, there la a complete reversal re-versal of the law lu It practlcnl ap-ylirntlon ap-ylirntlon to the two casea. The balloon ia In tlie anme clnsa Sill tbo ship. Prnctlcnl dlillcultlea fc the larger it la built tbo more ef. ii.ve It w III be. and tbe tnoro advantageous advan-tageous w-lll be tlie rulto of the power which is necessary to drive it aud the resistance to bo overcome. If, therefore, we nre ever to have aerlnl navlgntlnn with our prcacnt kiHiwIcdgo of natural capabilities It Is to the nlrshlp floating in the I. ir. rather rath-er than tlie flying machine resting on tlio nlr, to which w-o are to look. In the light of the law which I bute laid down, the subject, while, not nt all promising, aeeuia wortiiy of more at-tcutlou at-tcutlou than It has received. |