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WELLMAN, WITH WONDERFUL AIRSHIP NEARLY READY FOR FLIGHT TO POLE

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Godard, builder of the airship, and he will start for the north in a few days.
The airship, which has been building two years, is of the most practical balloon type. The supporting gas bag is 164 feet long. with its greatest diameter 52 1/2 feet. The surface of the bag contains 21,098 square feet, and is capable

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ICE AUTOMATIC
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FOR THE WELLMAN EXPEDITION
THAT DRUM-LIKE WHEEL IN FRONT.
HEAVY AND IS EXPECTED TO BAL-
MACHINE IN CLIMBING JAGGED
OF SHARP STEEL WILL GRIP THE

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of holding 224,225 cubic feet of gas: its lifting power is 16,000 pounds, or eight tons. 
The car is entirely of steel tubing, measures 52 1-3 feet from stem to propeller, and contains an engine room and cabin for the crew. Below this structure is a basket to carry the supply of gasoline, this weight also to serve as ballast.
The ship has three engines, one of 70-horse-power, another of 25--horse-power,

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THIS PHOTOGRAPH PRESENTS A FRONT VIEW OF THE CAR WHICH WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM THE GREAT BALLOON. ONLY PARTS OF THE GIANT RUDDER SHOW. BEHIND THE MEN STANDING IN THE CAR IS THE CABIN IN WHICH THEY WILL LIVE. BELOW THE CAR WILL BE STRAPPED THE GASOLINE BASKET AND THE ICE AUTOMOBILE. MR. WELLMAN IS SEEN IN THE ABOVE PICTURE ON THE XTREME RIGHT.

and the other 5-horse-power. With only the big engine in operation, the machine is designed to make 12 miles an hour in a quiet atmosphere, and 19 miles an hour with the three motors working.
  The steering apparatus is managed in a simple manner from the cabin of the vessel.
  The ice automobile, or motor sledge, is small, and designed solely to haul sledges over ice or heavy snow crust; it looks like a miniature road roller, but is very light in construction.

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