Smithsonian Report, 1910. — Chanute. 



Plate 1, 



1. Maxiivi's Multiplane 1894— Front View. 



Weight, 8,000 pounds. Propelled by 363-horsepo\ver steam engine. Span, 126 feet; 

 area, 4,000 square feet; cost, $200,000. 



2. Maxim's Multiplane, 1894— Side View. 



When run on rails at Baldwyn's Park, England. July 31, 1S94, at 3t3 miles an hour, 

 this machine lifted so much more tlian its weight that it broke a set of rails 

 provided to hold it down, and thus demolished Itself. 



