KNO\yi^EDGE, * 



[JuMi 17.,i lfi&5v 



A NEW FLYINfi-lMArTTIXE.* 



anddouiill.vsis will in tiinr ;,,-l,i, \,. -., f:,ir dv^v::r ol mi'.-- 

 cess. Tho nocompaiiYiiiLT > ii.ji;iviiii_' r.'| ivseiils ii ilyi 

 machine, whi.-li is tin' 

 ChipiH'wa Iv.lls, Wi.M- 

 of tlu.sflyin-n.:,rliiiir 

 impiirlant mu<r]>- ,4 t 

 the hody uTi.l ].v.p<-lli: 

 In himieSK n mnn 

 wonderful result is 

 mnscl,' ti. art sinnilf: 



the frames of the wines loo.sely, and runs along the back, 

 forming a ].air ef l,H,ps f-r tlir Urt <o pass through. 

 When tho 1.n,lv is r,„eil-lv st,-.,i_.l,i, n.d, the wings are 

 brought doNvi. "with all tli'epouerof thcTunst powerful 



•JS fl-e 



(f Dr. H. r. Booth, of 



of 



• upv 



,fd mo 





[f desired, tl.e hands, iu.sfead 

 from the under side, ma^ 



t lever forming the base <.f tliu ^^ 



Till' fundamental prLaciple I and thus make use of more i.uwerfiil nniscles of five arm 



1 using simullaneonsly every than if tin: arms are extended. Whieh of these is best ii 



ilvfor the purpose of c.ievating of eour.e, a matter to l,e deteriuiiied by exi.eriment. 



forward tlirongh the air. : Each wing may be o, .r-.ted iii.lep.aa.lenfly > f the othe^^ 



lifted 3,.50O j.onnd.s, and tids , it beij,>: only mee.ssary t„ operate oiu- frn.t .ir the ..titer to 



■ved o,dv liV allowiu- every , give eaeh wni- just stieh a movement as ma v be desircfl. 



slv to it; fullest eapaeitv. attd A canvas extemls from the bise of one wing io the other, 



us elreumstaiiees. This th itig forming a, sort of stretcher, ttpon wliieh the ..per.it.ir re.'itfi. 



,ss, I V wln'el, the hitman l.o.lv ' Krotu the lowest point of the base of tlie wings aii 



SO ■galdiBiv, 

 ^•^xriirtlqT) j 

 jSioiad av.: 



X&iiA. .iCl . 



ctsscf ^aiv.;.' 

 Stii ,v>8cl ' 

 odW" fif'r 



393 ion hi '. ' 

 s,adtnaloD 

 « aaad av: 



acts fo its best advantage, to the end that it may be both 

 lifted aiaxl propelled; and if flying by mu,sciLlar force 

 alone is ever accomplished, it must be by using all the 

 power there is in the human frame. lu this machine 

 there otb two wings, each of which is from 12ft. to 15 ft. 

 long, and the breadth equal to the length of the operator, 

 J his feet. The frtime of the wings 



of I 



to Kuifal 







, po 



ed I 



several small stay ropes running to different points of th* 

 wings, which seWe to stiifen and ^strengthen them... -In 

 this device the body of the oponitor offers the least 

 possible resistance to the tiir, he being in precisely : tlj,e 

 same attitude that a bird is in during flight. The parts 

 of the ap]iaratus are constructed of the lightest as weU.»* 

 the strongest materials. ; 



.rd .-x 





and 1. 



'"the wing prop 

 'silk of the win.'. 



Thewingsareprovi.l.Mlwi 



on the upward ami close o 

 = The frame of the win.:;s fori: 



shotilders.'and below tlf l.r. 



a the 



n.l t. 



Ofr; 



r hide. 



Kai- 



who is BUjiplied with 



SixPENNV TElECUiAMs.— As we anticipated, sufficient interest in 

 the New Telegraph Acts Amendment Bill has been excited ''do 

 forbid its snmmary dfsmissal. Lord John Manners' statement in 

 the House on Monday evening has met with a very faronrabJc 

 reception, and we may take it for granted that no time will be 

 lost ia introducing the reform. Prophesying is dangerous nqleBS 

 you know, but it is safe to express an opinion that we shall be 

 able to use the wires at the reduced rate in October next. 



TnK country spent a very large sum of money on the Challenger 

 expedition, and now that the narrative has been published, it kas 

 been done under the red-tape rnle for dry-as-dnst reports, and to 

 mver the cost of production no less than £6. IGs. Cd. is being charged 

 (in the 750 copies published. Here ia a book, the materials for which 

 were obtained at public expense, being published at a price which 



■ precludes 99 per cent, of those who would like it from even a hope 

 of getting it. Government encouragement of scientific researiBh 



! will not gain much pubhc favour this way.— The finjineer. 



