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BOSTON.-While mechanical geniuses of all ages have dab- bled with the idea of an air machine, there was one inventor of a flying-boat around 1670 who remains largely uniknown to- day, yet whose contribution might well be held up as a medel for consideration by futare inventors.

SAIGON, July 20 (Reuter) News of the Indo-China Governor-

It cannot be said that the learn- scending, may discharge soldiers. General's sudden departure from ed Francesen Lana of Brescia. The same would happen to private Hanol bas caused ively interest Italy was a greater inventor than houses and ships of the sea.

Leonardo da Vinci, whose models

"It may overset them, kill their The Governor-General regularly' of aeroplanes and parachutes were men, burn their ships by artificial moves from Hano! to Saigon or backed by the closest eculations are-works and fire-balls, This Dalat during the summer months in physics, nor a greater visionary they may do not only to slips but Hanol is desperately hot than the poet Gray of "Elegy" to great buildings, castles, cities, and it had previously been an fame, who in 1737 dreamed of the with such security that those who nounced that he would not return "long-drawn battle in the skies."

east these things down from a to Hanol this year until the end

But he was a greater humani-belght out of gun-shot, cannot on of August.

tarian than all, for though he was the other hand be touched by

those from below,"

when

is

It is pointed out here, however, sure he had invented a great fly that it premature to assumeling-boat, he felt that humanity that this sudden alteration of an could not be trusted with such an announced schedule with Gen. invention and so relased to pro- Decoux departing today for Ranol ceed with his plans:

-which is the seat of the Japan- ese military mission

Indo- to

the time was that of that great No doubt a more popular view at English experimental philosopher of the seventeenth century, Robert Professor Lana's great work, Hooke, who, commenting on this Prodromo, published in 1870, prov-passage, declared that he was not China is connected with reported ed him to be one of the greatest disturbed by so Diabolical an En- Japanese plans to penetrate irito

natural scientists 01 Pia day. gine." He did not believe that south Indo-China.

While the book deals with all airships would ever be capable of The Japanese delegation to com- manner of new inventions the fifth "doing any great harm

... to the plete the hand-over of the terri- and sixth chapters contain a full Civil, and Peaceful Government of tory ceded to Thailand by Indo-discussion serial navigation, the World." China is due to arrive at Hanoi, with full details of the invention any day now and it is possible of the flying boat 1 that Gen Decoux and his staff | This device consisted of four had merely gone there in order to copper globes, each 25 feet in meet them

diameter, from which the air was RETURNING TODAY

to be extracted, leaving a vacuum, SAIGON, July 20 (Reuter)-It It was to be guided by triangular WES Announced this afternoon sails, or rudders. The Inventor be..

Dí

GERMAN CONVOY

ATTACKED

that the Governor-General is relieved that, with the weight of Vessel Blown Up By

turning to Hanol on Monday with the air removed, the ship would his whole staff.

Direct Hits

rise. Atmospheric pressure bad been discovered in 1643, but un- fortunately for the inventor, the LONDON, July 20 (Reuter) - PALERMO HARBOURxact pressure and specific gravity Five German ships were success- of the air was not known until fully attacked by R.A.F. bombers RAIDED BY R.A.F.

Four, in convoy of two years after his book was pub- yesterday.

the Netherlands coast, were pro- bably destroyed and the fifth was attacked and hit off the coast of Norway.

LACK OF MONEY

was

CAIRO, July 20 (Reuter)-Crui-listed. sers and destroyers in the Palermo harbour were bombed by the R.A.F. Owing to lack of money Profes

Thursday night. announces scr

Lana

unable to make Middle East yesterday's

RA.F. practical experiments but almost Three ships, of 6,000 tons each, communique which states:-

two centuries after, in 1843, a were hit and set on fire by Blen- In Cyprus-RAF, fighters en Frenchman named Marey Monge, heim bombers off the Netherlands which built a machine on his specifica-coast. and another vessel of 4,000 gaged two, Junkers 88s dropped bombs on Cyprus on Fr- tions, which, however, falled, to tons blew up after direct hits were

work.

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The remarkable passage in Pro- In Sicily Heavy bombers carrl- ed out another successful attack fessor Lara's chapter on flight during the night on July 17 18 on which appears in quite a prophetic an enemy cruiser and destroyers in light, in view of the experiences later: "As we went over the coast, Palermo harbour. Bombs were that have come to Lodern civiliza- Norwegians came to the doors of dropped on or near the warships tion, has been translated as fol- their houses and waved to us, and but the full results could not be lows:

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Aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm vention to take effect, by reason between the masts of the ship, bombed the aerodromes at Gernini! of the disturbance it would cause and the second dropped its bombs and Augusta and on Bietly.

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