. The Open court. and theenemy cannot hinder it. The Portuguese have discovered unknown countries bordering upon theextremity of the globe; and it will contribute to their greater glory to beauthors of so admirable a machine, which so many nations have in vain at-tempted. MISCELLANEOUS. 697 Many misfortunes and shipwrecks have happened for want of maps, butby this invention the earth will be more exactly measurd than ever, besidesmany other advantages worthy of your Majestys encouragement. But to prevent the many disorders that may be occasioned by the use-fulness of this machine, care is to b
. The Open court. and theenemy cannot hinder it. The Portuguese have discovered unknown countries bordering upon theextremity of the globe; and it will contribute to their greater glory to beauthors of so admirable a machine, which so many nations have in vain at-tempted. MISCELLANEOUS. 697 Many misfortunes and shipwrecks have happened for want of maps, butby this invention the earth will be more exactly measurd than ever, besidesmany other advantages worthy of your Majestys encouragement. But to prevent the many disorders that may be occasioned by the use-fulness of this machine, care is to be taken that the use and full power overthe same be committed to one person only, to command, that whoever shallpresume to transgress the orders herein mentioned shall be severely punished. May it please your Majesty to grant your humble petitioner the privilegethat no person shall presume to use, or make this ship, without the expresslicence of the petitioner, and his heirs, under the penalty of the loss and for-. FATHER LAURENT S AIRSHIP. feiture of all his lands and goods, so that one half of the same may belong to thepetitioner and the other to the informer. And this is to be executed through-out all your dominions upon the transgressors, without exception or distinc-tion of persons, who likewise may be declared liable to an arbitrary punish-ment, etc. We know now that flying machines are possible, but that the flying machineof Father Bartholomew Laurent was a mere dream becomes apparent whenwe see a picture of it and read the explanation which, as translated from thePortuguese, reads as follows: A. Represents the sails wherewith the air is to be divided, which turnas they are directed. 698 THE OPEN COURT. B. The stern to govern the ship, that she may not run at random. C. The body of the ship which is formed at both ends scollopwise; in theconcavity of each is a pair of bellows, which must be blown when there is nowind. D. Two wings which keep the ship upright. E. The glob
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