BIN. Santos-Dumont's course was map: Bawn by MI. Deutsch, a wealthy member ped out for him by the conditions Inid
of the Acre Club, who offered a prize of 100,00 franes to the first aeronaut who could navigate a balloon from the balloon park on the left bank of the Seine, between St. Cloud and Suresnes, round the Eiffel ower and back to the starting point, in half-an-hour, The distance between the two extremities of the courte is almost exactly. 3} miles as the crow flies, so that the belloun, or rather the—air-ship, woul have to keep up a sped of 73 miles an hon throughout. Santos-Dumont made his xscent shortly before 7 o'clock in the morning. The atmospheric conditions were favourable, the weather being fine and the wi very light, but the 16 hoose-power motor was nut in good working order. As soon as the quite-rope left the ground a puff of wind threw the balloon's head out of aer course, but her skipper, who was alone in the ear, cleverly brought hee townd and started for the tower. Travelling about 300 f-ct above the ground he soon reached the tower and went round it between the second and third floors. The motor was snorting ominously, amd one out of the four cylinders had already stopped, but the screw was still rovating. The balloon headed westward again and came right over the spot from which it had ascended, jut just wt the critical moment the motor Jyroke down completely, the breeze carried the balloon across the river, and M. Santos: Dumon', opening the emergency valve, came down in a clump of trees. His balloon sustained very little damage and he escaped without a scratch. Next week if the weather is favourable, he will make another attempt to win the prize, and there is every probability that he will be suc-burners are immediately in front, with a small fan to cool the carburators. Still further forward and lashed to the framework of the ovr, is a torpedo-shaped brass vessel em taining a reserve supply of petroleum the and connected with motor by " very small copper pipe. Phe screw shaft is of steel a.d weighs GOlbs.; the screw itself his two budes formed by balloon silk stretched over a steel frame. The ballast is carried in the bottom of the basket and in pockets at each side of it, Immediately in front of the basket is " long wooden bar, like a balancing pole, working on a horizontal axis, and serving the double purpose of steadying the bslioon and helping to steer it. Another of these bars is placed abaft the motor, The propensity to sacrifice strength to lightness has been resisted.
Juminiun is used only in the shuftbearings and even the escape-pipes of the motor are ire!
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