The Latest Yankee Invention
Tip newest fling in the line of inteiuioii i& that of an " air ship " An invi'utui ot Mount Gaimel, Illinois, has < oiuploteil the model, got his pattufc, and a tweu'y unHion duilat t,roplv company to trwi.iufai tii'.e and ruu them The pxpfiimoutnl vetsbel is !80it Ion,? bliupud like a ngar, ni 'i|t> oi Alumuui'iu as light ds &ilk and s-tMiu^ us i'hdia die t<*. o v\,ngpd h.ulb »Uih piiauiiutts A lar^t> p^o T«e !<n \\he«l at tne bow pullb the blup toi^cvid Ou top is a uiduei to bteor h rt rz'witdUy and at the stein a ruddei to ateer Intel. illy. The cabin is hun,: flhecMy undpr the luioyiMicy chunbei, and undeiueath tins is the space foi •i, , ir't-. pnjriuo, elect nc battoue-^, eto The pilot stands iv the front end of the cabm, and contmla the movement of the ship, as well as all the appliances. All the movements are automatic. The entiie bhip, cabin, sails, ! gas engine, etc , are made of aluminium, for without the use of thi c wonderfully stiong but li^ht malarial it would be an impossibility
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 91, 24 January 1891, Page 4
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186The Latest Yankee Invention Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 91, 24 January 1891, Page 4
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