Smithsonian Report, 1 91 0.— Chanute. 



Plate 1. 



1. Maxim's Multiplane 1894— Front View. 



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

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



2. Maxim's Multiplane, 1 894- Side View. 



When run on rails at Baldwyn's Park, England. July 31, 1894 at 36 miles an hour 

 this machine lifted so much more than its weigh that it broke a set of rails 

 provided to hold it down, and thus demolished itselt. 



