GREAT AIR SPEED INVENTIONS
Dr. Augusta Rateau, ef the Acndemie des Sciences, Paris, has (ears Renter) invented a contrivance oiiabhn<: aeroplane* o Tat a rate unheard of .hitherto, and at heights previously cwisidored lmpfesible. 'l'he engine, which is based on tl o principle of flic turbine, is designed to produce 30,000 resolutions a mmuto. The invention also comnrises a small ventilator for the purpose of "TO 11 ?* the air at great heights at wh eh thmstruraent is usee. It.is.said to be thus Sta furnish the enftine with com~A air at the pressure usual nearer tl Nofo°nl" d ;vill the machines climb thou, sands of yards higher, but their speed X ivill become mitfi plater han when, ear ml. This invention, it.is claimed, "iU enable a fliirht from Paris to (any, approximately 1965 miles, lo be made n 11 hours. ..
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 176, 21 April 1919, Page 4
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139GREAT AIR SPEED INVENTIONS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 176, 21 April 1919, Page 4
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