MR SCHROEDER'S AIR SHIP.

Inangahua Times, Issue 6, 16 October 1878, Page 2

MR SCHROEDER'S AIR SHIP.

(pnOM TOE NKW YORK TBIIIUNTC.) , •Mom not on ontliUHiiisf, but a prnotioal man,' iaid Profossor X, W. Schroder tho norinl navigator, who is building nn nir»sliip in thin oity witli which to jour- I noy to Europe in fortyoight hours, us ho snt on one of tho benches in Stuyvesant Park yeatorday, with drawings of his invontious sproad out on bin knoss. 'Nor am I v tncro adonturor, but tho son of ft distinguished no iloman of Hanover n Colonel in tho Prussian nrmy, aud I horo juat n8 good a homo as a miin can want, tf omo of tho pupors h»vo been trying to malco mo out n oruay adventuror, and two yoara ago, when I was trying my experiment, tho Bultimoro papors ridiculed me a* n lunntic, but uftor fiomo of my inventions had boon adopted in Franco, thfy wantod to lay claim to thorn as of American origin/ ' I am so finly convinced' onntinuod Mr Schroudor 'of tho prneticnbility of going to Euro|)o on a current of air that I will rink my Ufa in tho trial. Why, I hnvo noeivod doaons of lottors from all parts of tho world from persons begging to bo allowed to go with mo. Among othors, the most colobrated ncromiut in Europe, Oliristophor Coliior, of Brussels, hns askod mo, but I shall take only two besides myself, I hnv* no fear of ncoidonts (or the material of tho balfoon or gas recoivor in to bo wonderfully strong, olosor knit orcn than silk ; hero is somo of it,' and ho ex* h hitod a whito fabric of stout toxturo. ' They call it bit'sb ,' and it cannot bo procured in Europe If tho rocoiver 1 should otplodo, thoro is above tho balloon a jiiocc of canvas so arranged at to eat as a parachute, (o lot mo down slowly. With tho snrno aro arrangement, when a balloon bunt with mo onco in Brazil, I oamo oiimo down no slowly that I took out my pistol and fired holes into tho canvas in ordor to hurry. Tho published description of my balloon is fantastical and incorrcot. The distunoo between tho oar h two instead of twenty feet ; the length is ninoty»flix foot ; it is twonty— Rvo foot in diameter, with a capacity of 45,000 cubic foot of gas, tho lifting power of the qua boing ono ounce to tho Bquaro fool, I Imvo mado upwardn of 400 aHocniiion*, Hnd never met with an accident. Heretoforo I havo worked tho mftchijiory ht bund. On my ooenn trip I shull hnvo an oli'otrio oni>ino. On nil my trips ncros* tho ocean, heforo this I would let up from tho steamer's dock smnll balloons, whiuh I ohsorvod would ho cnu^ht in n ourront of nir, nnd carried east ; higher up they would bo oaught by a ooulrary gust ( f wind and whirled wosti vthich prorod to mo that a lower and warmor ourront of uir blow from wost to enst, while tho upper current blow from cast to wost. Now I shall got in tho lower ourront nnd 80 straight to Europe. I onnnot fly in the tooth of tho wind, but, if nocossary, by lining tho wings of my mnohino I onn mount to a (avorublo current, and continue my progress * In two or threo weeks my ship will bo fltitfthod,' continued Mr Schrooder, I «hnll bo flying aroand ovor Brooklyn, Now York nnd New Jersey. I shall subjuot , bulloon to tho severest tost beforo I start on m.v ocean voyngo. I shall pay a visit 1 to Washington, and let the officers of tho Const Survey sco fcr thenißchci, Kotutning, I «hnll «o to various plncea in tho Ka«torn Stutos, un<\ then, about Saptom* bor I trill cross tho ocean. Within h year I want to organiso a company, to bUild twenty or thirty of my ships, so tlint ( can hiivo two ships lonving Now York every day and two coming in, carrying the mail between this country and Europe. They will bo bo rogwlur air st.cn.mprH, and aio destined to suponsorio orcry othor method of travel. Thero ia only ono improvement needed, nnd tint n Prrr.oh Professor wliono rut mo I can Mt not ni'Mition promises to proewro^me some. }lo twlls cuothnt h« hasdiscovoro^flkiion oxplosivo gns and ono that posoessea ilireo timoi tho lilting power of hydrogen gns. It' this is so, then wo can muko balloons out of copper, aud tho only risk, that of ox« plosion* is gone. Somo portion* in Montr on I nro writing for mo to join thon? in nn nir Hl)ipnnoonsioi>. They aro idiots to think that nOer spending 0000 viols, on my bulloon I would ;»in them. I nm very woll prolcoied by patonts on my inventions, but Kitchell up in Musnaehusotts, hns mfrincced on my patont/