CIRCLING EIFFEL TOWER IN AIR SHIP. 



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the aeronaut, whose courage is proverbial, finished his "No. 6," with 

 which he at last succeeded (October L9) in passing around the Eiffel 

 Tower mid returning within the half hour, or twenty-nine minutes and 

 thirty seconds. Some time before this, however, the committee of 

 the Aero Club had modified the original rules so that the air ship was 

 not only to come over the park, but its guide rope should he grasped 

 by an attendant, this constituting- a landing. Santos-Dumont was not 

 able to comply with this rule, as before the rope could be grasped he 

 was obliged to remount to avoid being carried by the wind against the 

 balloon shed, and lie came down forty seconds after the allotted time. 

 The committee decided on November 1 as to this much disputed 

 question, and Santos-Dumont was accorded the prize. 



M. SANTOS-DUMONT WINS THE DEUTSCH PRIZE. 



The committee in charge of the distribution of the Deutsch prize 

 decided on November 1 that M. Santos-Dumont was entitled to it by 

 his achievement of October 19. At eighteen minutes to 3 o'clock he 





lade the start, and in nine minutes the Santos-Dumont No. 6 had 

 reached the Eiffel Tower on the north side, made a complete turn 

 around it and made for the starting point. Our diagram gives an idea 

 of the course which was followed. At 3:12:40 the guide rope was 

 seized, and, according to the rules which were recently formulated by 

 the committee, M. Santos-Dumont had lost by forty seconds. He 

 claimed, however, that he had begun his experiments under conditions 

 in which the guide rope did not figure, and he at once protested against 

 the decision of the judges. The matter was left to a committee, which 

 decided in favor of M. Santos-Dumont on November 5. 



He donated 50,000 francs, or one-half of the sum, to the poor of 

 Paris. He then gave 30,000 francs to his assistant, M. Aime, and the 

 remaining 20,000 francs to the aeronaut's other colaborers. 



While M. Santos-Dumont has performed a notable feat, it does not 

 necessaril\ r follow that he has acomplished anything of very great 





Reprinted by permission from Scientilic American Supplement, November 16, 1901 



