1937-07-10 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 10, 1937.

COL. LINDBERGH FORESEES POSSIBILITY OF FUTURE ROCKET FLIGHTS

A PREDICTION THAT-MAN MUST LOOK TO THE ROCKET IF HE WISHES TO ATTAIN SPEEDS OF TRANSPORT ABOVE A FEW HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR IS MADE BY COLONEL CHARLES A. LINDBERGH IN A LETTER WRITTEN TO PRE- SIDENT WALLACE W. ATWOOD OF CLARK UNIVERSITY.

Pro-

The letter alludes to the experi- ments conducted by Professor Ro bert H. Goddard of Clark University in connection with rockets. fessor Goddard obtained a grant in 1929 which has permitted him to devote. full time to rocket research on an uninhabited plain near Ros- well. New Mexico,

Use In War

WEEKLY TRAFFIC

ACCIDENTS

H.K. And Kowloon Returns

In the Colony of Hong Kong in- and "From the standpoint of science," cluding the Island, Kowloon

during the Colonel Lindbergh's letter said, the New Territories "the rocket offers the only known week ending at 8 a.m. on Saturday, possibility of sending instruments the 3rd instant, there were altoge- to alstruments to altitudés above ther 42 traffic accidents, as the re- sult of which two persons were kill- reached by sounding balloons..

"Observations taken outside of led and 20 persons were injured. the earth's atmosphere, or even in Of the persons killed, an unknown years, died as the higher levels of the atmosphere, male, aged about 40 would be of immense value in the the result of injuries received when study of such subjects as

he was knocked down by a private tronomy, meteorology and terres-motor car, whilst walking across the trial magnetism.”

Froad.

7 as

He also pointed out that, "from A Chinese male, aged 30. years, the standpoint of war, we must con-was knocked down and fatally in- sider the fact that rockets may jured by a public motor car, whilst carry explosives faster than the air-walking in the roadway. plane and farther than the projectile. Of. the persons injured, 17 were

Great Possibilities Seen

pedestrians, who were either walk- "Whether instruments, mail or ing or running across the road and explosives can be carried advant-were struck by vehicles.

ageously by rockets is a question A tramcar passenger was injured for future research to decide. Some-while alighting from moving times the problems of carrying tramcar.

器

capacity and control seem almost One lorry passenger was injured insurmountable. However one through falling from a moving mo- need.only be 41 years of age to have tor lorry.

been born when Langley's model One bicycle rider was injured first demonstrated the practicability through falling from

his vehicle of mechanical flight in 1896.

whilst in motion.

"If such a man went to Now Of the 42 accidents, 9 were col- Mexico to-day he could witness lisions between vehicles; 24 were rocket ascents which would make collisions between vehicles and pede- him wonder whether the second strians; and 9 accidents were due half of his liftime would see a. to other causes. similar development in wingless flight."

Colonel

A rocket enthusiast, the continues. might prophesy in an unguarded moment that "we will eventually travel at speeds govern- ed only by the acceleration which the human body can stand, and that in rocketing between America and Europe we will accelerate half-way accross the ocean and decelerate during the other half.

Lost In Space

Type of Vehicles

Private motor car

Motor lorry

Public motor car Motor bus

Tramcar Bicycle Tricycle

Number.

22

10

5

3

4

£1,000,000.00 TO

END DOLE

.Or, he might even point his rocket toward another planet and without regard to fuel supply, landing facilities. or Professor Goddard, in four years and completely Jose himself in interstellar space."

A gigantic plan to abolish unem- ployment, spénding - £1,000,000,000

re-

constructing the services of Great

Professor Goddard explained re- Britain, is to be considered by Par- cently that he had solved the pro-liament if pressure on the Govern- blem of parachute construction soment succeeds. as to permit bringing down gently

Leading scientists, architects and the rocket and instruments aboard M.P.s have approved the scheme,

which involves :—

it.

\A gyroscope, the professor added, Construction of vast steel and had solved stabilization problems concrete tunnels under the Chan- and the immediate task ahead was nel, the Irish Sea. the mouth of the to streamline and lighter the pro- Thames and the Solent; broad con- jectile to permit its fuel capacity to crete roads throughout Britain; carry – instruments and radio building of over a million houses at transmitter a greater distance.

$300 each.

Major Ernest Matthews, Secre- HOTEL CECIL DANCE-tary of the Institute of Registered Architects, who conceived the

A flannel dance will be held at scheme, butlined it in a speech to the Hotel Cecil to-night. The the Institute in London. dance orchestra of the Royal Ulster Rifles will be in attendance by kind Margaret Ann Fraser, of Elgin, died permission of Lt. Col. R. M. Rod as the result of sudden illness, two days after being married, in Elgin well and Officers.

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