Publication 469, 1903, The Airship Ezekiel

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Is Rev. B. Cannon the same as Burrell Cannon, author of Patent US-1902-695276?


Original title The Airship Ezekiel
Simple title The Airship Ezekiel
Authors
Date 1903
Countries US
Languages en
Keywords airship, Ezekiel, gyroscope, stability, landing, propulsion, navigation, B. Cannon
Journal Aer. World
Related to aircraft? 1
Page count 1
Word count 453
Wikidata id


The Airship Ezekiel.

Rev. B. Cannon claims that the ideas used in the construction of his airship are not his own, but those of Ezekiel, which he has taken from the Bible. He says that by carefully fol- lowing the plans and specifications laid down by the prophet Ezekiel in chapters L and X. he was able to construct the machine illus- trated below.

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Mr. Cannon intends to build a larger ma- chine in time for the world's fair, hiving no doubt of its being a success, as he believes it is beyond criticism, and he says the Ezekiel wheels are superior to anything known for the purpose of aerial navigation, as a twenty foot wheel at eighty-five revolutions strikes the air with 6' X 8' fans one mile per minute, and four wheels at that speed figures to exert a propelling force of over 9,000 pounds either forward or upward, or any other way, without stopping wheels. By merely changing the po- sition of internal wheels the direction of force is changed. The wheels can make 255 revolu- tions or three miles per minute, and the gyro- scopic force of wheels being in line of flight will steady the machine. Again no airship can plunge down as some birds do but must drop down like a parachute and alight on long pistons actuated by compressed air to receive the shock.

Successful experiments have assured me that the mechanical wonders explained by Eze- kiel, and all who have seen admit the wonder- ful performance of Ezekiel's wheels, are far in advance of methods in use. Just think of it, a submerged propeller that can act on the ele- ment in which it is submerged at the speed of three miles a minute which may be instantly changed to any other direction without check-

ing the motion of the wheels. To effect this it IS simply necessary to change the position of the internal wheels. Elder Cannon does not claim to be inspired, but reasons that Ezekiel was a natural man trying to describe a won- derful machine that he sees fly up from the earth. He had to use comparisons, as that is the only way a man can describe anything in this age. By it Ezekiel was carried several trips and if he does not describe a flying ma- chine Mr. Cannon would like to know what he does describe. Nahum II. chapter, describes locomotives, and Ezekiel describes an air ship.

Rev. Mr. Cannon is going ahead but would like to organize a stock company to build a larger machine for the St. Louis contest, in spite of the " irreligion " of flying.

This machine is well worth careful consider-

ation.

Excerpt from Ezekiel ch1 for reference:

15 Now as I looked at the living creatures, behold, a wheel was on the earth beside each living creature with its four faces. 16 The appearance of the wheels and their workings was like the color of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. The appearance of their workings was, as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 17 When they moved, they went toward any one of four directions; they did not turn aside when they went. 18 As for their rims, they were so high they were awesome; and their rims were full of eyes, all around the four of them. 19 When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 20 Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, because there the spirit went; and the wheels were lifted together with them, for the spirit of the [d]living creatures was in the wheels. 21 When those went, these went; when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up together with them, for the spirit of the [e]living creatures was in the wheels.

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