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A FULLY illustrated description of Mr. Maxim's experiments in aerial navigation is contributed to the Century by Mr. Maxim himself. The account of the new flying machine and its various parts is the best we have seen. The total result of Mr. Maxim's experiments is now fairly well known. It has been proved that a machine, carrying its own engine, fuel, and passengers, can be made powerful and light enough to lift itself in the air. The experiments also prove that an aëroplane will lift a great deal more than a balloon of the same weight, and that it may be driven through the air at a very high velocity, and with an expenditure of power very much less than that required to drive a balloon at even a moderate pace. In addition to this, they have clearly shown that a well-made screw propeller obtains sufficient grip on the air to propel a machine at almost any speed, and that the greater the speed the higher the efficiency of the screw. These results have certainly forwarded the problem of aerial navigation. The Century also contains an article on customs, fêtes, and celebrations in American Colleges for Women; and, in the same magazine, a brief description is given of the new anti-toxin treatment of diphtheria.
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Science in the Magazines. Nature 51, 259 (1895). https://doi.org/10.1038/051259a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/051259a0