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1907. June 13. Thursday at Baddeck 91
World New York
14 Ap 1907

Airships and torpedoes Are "Automobiles."
     THE Society of Automobile Engineers has recently extended its field of activity by adding to its constitution the following Article 1A:
     "Definition--the term 'automobmile,' as used by this society, is intended to cover any self propelled vehicle operating on or under the surface of the earth, or water, or in the air."



Post Dispatch St. Louis
     14 Apr - 1907

LIGHTEST MOTOR YET BUILT.
     The efforts which have been directed toward aerial navigation in the past few years have been largely due to the development of the light and powerful internal combustion motor. In this respect the automobile has doubtless stimulated effort which has led to important results in allied lines of work. At the recent exhibition of the Aero Club in New York this important feature was emphasized by some of the exhibits. Thus the eight-cylinder air-cooled Curtis motor, of 30 horsepower, weighed only 125 pounds, or 4.16 pounds per horsepower, while the four-cylinder engine designed by the Wright brothers for use with their new aeroplane, weighed 160 pounds for 30 horsepower. So far, the lightest motor yet built is the machine constructed in 1903 by Prof. Langley, this being a five-cylinder, water-cooled gasoline motor, which weighed 200 pounds and developed 52.4 horsepower, 3.8 pounds per horsepower. It may be practically accepted that, in designing aeronautical apparatus, motors weighing four pounds per horsepower are available. With the provision of such motors, and stimulated by the various prizes which have been offered for successful aero plane flights, it seems that positive results should soon be recorded.



Free Press
14 Ap 1907 New York

Die Frage, ob sich die Delegirten 
auf dem Haager Kongreß mit dem 
Verbot des Hinabwerfens von 
Sprengstoffen und ähnlichen 
Zerstörungsmitteln aus Luftschiffen 
befassen werden, ist, wie aus 
gutunterrichteten militärischen Kreisen berichtet 
wird, zunächst eine offene. Im Jahre 
1898 wurde im Haag von den die 
Konferenz beschickenden Mächten der 
einstimmige Beschluß gefaßt, daß am 
die Dauer von 5 Jahren ein 
derartiges Verbot gültig sei. Im Jahre 
1903 ist nun dieser Termin abgelaufen, 
ohne daß die Mächte eine 
Verlängerung der Bestimung in Kraft 
treten ließen. In letzter Zeit ist viel 
theoretisch von der Verwendarbeit der 
Luftschiffe als Träger von
Kampfmitteln, die von oben herab auf den Feind 
wirten sollen, die Rede gewesen. 
haben aber auch bereits praktische 
Versuche solcher Art stattgefunden 
und zwar in Frankreich. Der bekannte 
Lebaudy'sche lenkbare Ballon „Patrie", 
der in Toul bezw. Verdun an 
der deutsch-französischen Grenze 
stationirt ist, hat bereits viele Farten 
gemacht, die — soweit man unterrichtet 
ist — zur Zufriedenheit der 
französischen Regierung ausgefallen sind. 
Ende vorigen Jahres sind auch, wie 
man weiß, mehrfach Touren untergenommen 
worden, bei denen das Herabwerfen 
von Körpern, die Sprengstoffe, 
Bomben u.s.w. markirten 
zum Gegenstand von besonderen 
Beobachtungen gemacht wurde. Die 
französische Regierung hält nun an 
dem verbesserten Lebaudy'schen 
Ballon fest und beabsichtigt eine große 
Anzahl dieser Luftschiffe herstellen 
gelassen. Angeblich will man etwa 10 
Ballons anschaffen, deren Thätigkeit 
sich nicht nur auf den Aufklärungsdienst 
beschränken wird, sondern die 
auch als unter Umständen als 
rechtwirksames Kampfmittel in Betracht 
kommen. Wird die Frage auf der 
Haager Konferenz angenommen, se 
nimmt man an, daß Frankreich einen 
verzüglichen Verbot nicht zustimmt. 
Ebenso kann man es als möglich 
erachten, daß England das gleiche thun 
wird, da man neuerdings der [[?]]
Yorker Gelehrte sollte bekanntlich dem 
Prinzen in Bonn während des 
Sommers einen Kursus von zehn
Vorlesungen über amerikanisches Staats-
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Post Dispatch ST. Louis
14 Apr - 1907
VICTORY NEAR FOR THE AERONAUTS
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British Army Officer Predicts Complete Success at Early Date.
     LONDON, April 13.--"Very little remains to be done before it can be said that man has conquered the air," said Maj. Baden-Powell in addressing the members of the Royal Meteorological Society on the "Exploration of the Air."
     "Twenty-five years ago the French government made the first dirigible airship," he said, "and now they possess one, if not more, that seem to be really practical air vessels of war.
     "Count Zeppelin has also produced in Germany a machine which in point of size as well as in speed has beaten all records.
     'Small balloons capable of attaining the greatest heights and carrying self-recording instruments have recently ascended to the enormous altitude of 82,000 feet, or nearly sixteen miles, above the surface of the earth. Meteorological kites have been much improved in recent years, and instruments lifted by kites retained by steel wires have actually ascended to a height of four miles.
     "At the British Army training grounds kites have been regularly introduced into the service. Men were first lifted by this means in 1895. In that year I made a number of ascents up to 100 feet high, but improveme
followed, until now
gone up to a height
vation practically be
rifle bullets and so hig
aeronaut almost invis
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News Tribune Detroit.
     14 Apr - 1907  Mich

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n the entrance and [[?]] sooner did complete darkness set in than [[?]] appeared--a remarkable semblance [[?]] arms outspread, outlined against [[?]] told, the investigator was startled the figure that had alarmed so many farers, he found it was a plant that [[?]] hat shape. It was the well known phosphorescent fungus (scientifically known) as rnizomospha, subterranea, frequently found in caves and familiar to miners. Its light is often so vivid that people have read by it; and many of the ghosts that are seen in dungeons, caves and tombs may be traced to this innocent origin.
     These queer lights are not found in the tropics alone. In Brazil there is an agaric that often astonishes strangers who penetrate the deep jungles of the interior. Another is found growing on palm trees, emitting a brilliant greenish hue, and known as the flor-de-coco. Perhaps the most startling exhibition was observed several years ago by an English traveler in Borneo. Belated, he was overtaken by night, and there being no moon he was fearful of losing his way, when as the darkness came over, singular lights appeared here and there in the bushes, and by the roadside. Some were yellow, others burned, or seemed to, with a bright greenish hue, as it grew darker, the blaze of light increased and finally the traveler was amazed to find that he was traveling through lines of luminous bush, which emitted light so brilliant that he could read by it--a strange and awe inspiring spectacle which struck terror to the hearts of his followers, who saw him handle what they supposed to be fire without harm.
     In Australia the agorics are utilized for the light they give. Especialy on the Swan River they are very common, where Drummond, the naturalist, first noticed two specimens on the roots of trees. He describes their appearance, at night, as marvelous and compares them to veritable lamps. They were 
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