The day book. [volume], November 04, 1911, Image 22

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trans-Atlantijcjexpeditkn"is..one
in which-the-most prtiderit-of nien
might engage ,wjth.out (ear-, ?'l;
"We'lPciW; Jthis jime,',' says
Vaniman. VThebniy questioni&
how long-it will take usy'I4 expect
to 4rjaker-the-vayage-in'iow'r-days.
But we have food for. 13 days;and
gasoline for eightdays.'1 '
Yaniman's 'steady c filueJeyes
softer Ore with hfs eVrnstn.'eSs.
They h&Jd and .convince yQU.tie
tias a' shock of tawny 'hqirr jHis
tough', cfos.e-knit itixpej !een- uft
'def the huge'perfecto-shaped air
ship, makes ypu tKink'of.aNqrse
man, a .y iking. ? .' '
The airship WastohiSihgly
beautiful ' for1 " a" thmgp so ijuxC
From ''beneath,', "as "she -is"' hefcl
down'jn.her n'gar" byJahUiv
dred anchors, shVapp'ears.like an
oceaji leviathan in" dry dock-.' , t
Thousands of separate pieces
were ewn. together tofarmtthe
bag. The dimensions of each had
to be, calculated in tfi'e jia'ttern.
Yetio nicely wasuthisdqne.that
there is rib ta wrinkle, ahqllp wor
a bVlgetomar the'perfect cjgar
sKaped, 'contour 258Tf eet' long, 47
feet m "diameter. .'''
The "Akron" is the first Amer
ican 'balloon Having rubber '"as 'a
principal' cotnp'opeht -of the enp
velope fabric.' This fabric is prac
tically gas . tight. Tests' Have
shown that the''AkroiiV will lose
"by. leakage 'one per cent.o'fgas in
ten days: '" "- '','.-.
In efficiencysheis.superiDr'to
the'Zeppelin craf in that weigh
ing about Haifa's .much,' she will
lift the, same -weight:! The "Ak
ron" wilt lift: a -net cargo greater
tHanZher"owri-welgHf. . - - -I
'iHydrolevator" is .'the new
word'youwilUhear henceforth- It
isanimaifs -invention and the
most important pa'rt !of the "Ak
fonV.'leu'tpment. , jit-takes the
pla'ce 'of vvIeHman's lamented
euilibratojnow casteorfihe junk
heap.' 'fz ' !' Xx V
HydojevatoF; Latin, irteans
.
'I'-nfitjot'' a'daredeviFnow,'
lh AwTrt T' 3a sFnncei Imade
2" Arctic; ballQpri' trips, start-
in6u&3GO miles from civill-
zatiQnwtU?6nfy a 'donkey enr
f 'fflrie for motive power- .,
'HM.wife is? the" gamps tjwo:
sm'an. thtieverTlved: - She says
that!BeJng!ne wifeof the first
' martfever to.ross'the Atlantic '
f in t'He.alrwiir more than make
?. upfDj-'any worrying she 'may -
dp ile I am op tiz way
" m rf W
JwatenUSterV apd,' that's whatsit
isra' sort qfrlpng'distance1 pump.
'flf ,Lcpuldnvent frigid bal
loop'whicjhvwould not alio w gas
to expanB, the pr6blem.of air nav
igation would bcsolved,' says
Vaiihaii'. .MAV,it is.the sun by
dayexands- ,the gas, giving it
muph greater "lifting power. At
night the .gag. contracts, arid t"he
aeronaut!must3throw ballast overr
board onfallinto-the ocean.
, 'urv.motors.will.i' continually
be bunj'ing(gasoline,vand the crew'
wU'becbnsumipg "food, which
means auf cargo . grows lighted
and'lighfer. as we go. t Snce we
lbselittlegas, or frfting power, we.
must HaVe" Halhist - to take the
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