. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. CIRCLING EIFFEL TOWER IN AIR SHIP. 591 the aeronaut, whose courage is proverbial, finished his "No. 6," with which he at last succeeded (October L9) in passing around the Eiffel Tower mid returning within the half hour, or twenty-nine minutes and thirty seconds. Some time before this, however, the committee of the Aero Club had modified the original rules so that the air ship was not only to come over the park, but its guide rope
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. CIRCLING EIFFEL TOWER IN AIR SHIP. 591 the aeronaut, whose courage is proverbial, finished his "No. 6," with which he at last succeeded (October L9) in passing around the Eiffel Tower mid returning within the half hour, or twenty-nine minutes and thirty seconds. Some time before this, however, the committee of the Aero Club had modified the original rules so that the air ship was not only to come over the park, but its guide rope should he grasped by an attendant, this constituting- a landing. Santos-Dumont was not able to comply with this rule, as before the rope could be grasped he was obliged to remount to avoid being carried by the wind against the balloon shed, and lie came down forty seconds after the allotted time. The committee decided on November 1 as to this much disputed question, and Santos-Dumont was accorded the prize. M. SANTOS-DUMONT WINS THE DEUTSCH PRIZE. The committee in charge of the distribution of the Deutsch prize decided on November 1 that M. Santos-Dumont was entitled to it by his achievement of October 19. At eighteen minutes to 3 o'clock he. lade the start, and in nine minutes the Santos-Dumont No. 6 had reached the Eiffel Tower on the north side, made a complete turn around it and made for the starting point. Our diagram gives an idea of the course which was followed. At 3:12:40 the guide rope was seized, and, according to the rules which were recently formulated by the committee, M. Santos-Dumont had lost by forty seconds. He claimed, however, that he had begun his experiments under conditions in which the guide rope did not figure, and he at once protested against the decision of the judges. The matter was left to a committee, which decided in favor of M. Santos-Dumont on November 5. He donated 50,000 francs, or one-half of the sum, to the poor of Paris. He then gave 30,000
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