Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1859 — Flying Machine. [ARTICLE]

Flying Machine.

In these days of balloon voyages, it is gratifying to know that the art of navigating the air is being cultivated in all its branches. The Mansfield Herald is informed that a gentleman residing in that city, Mr. D. M. Cook, well known as the inventor of a popular Sorghum Evaporator, extensively sold throughout the West, is now engaged in the construction of a flying machine. Mr. C. is quite sanguine of success, and has filed a caveat at the Patent Office at Washington. We are ignorant of the details on which his air-ship is to be built, but understand that while a balloon is to be used for elevation, steam is to be the motive power. The inventor is quite sanguine that he has discovered the proper machinery whereby the air can be navigated at will. He has built, or is about to build a house for the purpose of continuing his labor without being annoyed by the curious.— Cincinnati. Gazette.