Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1896 — FLYING MACHINE FLIES. [ARTICLE]

FLYING MACHINE FLIES.

Professor Langley of Washington Succeeds In Startling the World A flying machine that flies .is the fatest achievement of science. No'less a person than Prof. Samuel P. Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, is the inventor of the successful and wonderful machine, for which the world has been watching and waiting all these years. Prof. Alexander Graham Bell was associated with Prof. Langley is the secret test which is now made pub-

lie, and these two eminent men startle the world by the remarkable statements they make. The machine is called an “aerodrome.” It is the result of years of experiment made by Prof. Langley, who always has been a firm believer In the eventual practical use of aerial vehicles. The eminent scientist for a long period has been making his experiments near Oceoquan, Va. Last Wednesday Prof. Bell was present when the climax came, and he realized the tremendous importance of the success of Prof. Langley’s experiment. The aerodome, or flying machine, hasyjo gas to lift It, as in the case of a balloon, but on the contrary, is about I,GOO times heavier, bulk for bulk, than the air on which it,is made to run and which sustains it somewhat in the way in which thin ice supports a swift skater. The power is derived from a steam engine, through the means of propeller*.