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dittlaigatien a the. d1anfix= lute.
Vupwe the nieride and pe.lormaaeos
ef the 11414 troops. I reply with the„
etIvost aaserance, "None at all."'
Wien
Zeesen aIlltell1/94 pat Gener-
0eGott had been Rbot by Indian
Mops As a reprisal for the arrest on
the Congress leaders, tlae Indians
ettre stunned by the magnificence of
the lie. Then, they reeked with laugh-
ter at the egregious innocence of it.
If they grew a little grim afterwards,
it was because they knew se well
that open touring oar and the man in
As a matter of record, the Indian
ops are .,not politically minded.
They do not wear the pictures of poli-
ticians over their hearts. Rathet the
reverse.
' As far Indian officers, their record
in courage and in efficiency has been
beyond challenge. Poona complexes
iire now mostly found in the pages
of "Punch." A certain number of Ire
,dian officers; like their men, are pro-
fessional soldiers. There are no bet-
ter officers in the world. The civilian
Indian officer is indistinguishable in
ability and behaviour from his Brit-
ishbrother officer.
I want to see Indians in the air. I
believe that a theesand years of fight -
ancestry has bred men whose
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• Notices
•• WEEDS! WEEDS!
Township of Tuckersmith
THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF
Tuckeramith has decided to pa Y the own-
ers or renters of property at the rate of 2
cents a rod for weeds cut on .roadside op-
posite their property -if cut before the 1st day
• of September.
D. F. *GREGOR, Clerk. ,
NOTICE -
Township of Tuekersmith
The Happy
ftHE COUNCIL OF rads TOWNSHIP OF
Tuckerrnith and the Hydro Electric
Power Coniraission marsh *plainly understood
that any Itrarty or partieS interfering With
thieI street lights •in-"tli Village of Egmond-
✓ ibe will he severely dealt with. The partiei3
gdlIty of the -recent breakage of sockets and
are known , and,„mai heicilil.ebunt-
ab -;'&1*... • •-• • • •
AA- Tugktexamith Coyne:.
71 F. McGREGort, Clerk .
Popular Stalhons •
PLEASANTVIEW LOCH
Reg. No. 29593 Enrolment..No. 4412
Form 2 • -Premium B
The Clydesdale Stallion, •.Pleassim View
Ieefeewill stand for the season at his own
stable, 11/4 miles west of Kahn*, Concession
7, Lots 9 and 10, Mullett.
Terms. -'10 insure a foal, 810.00, payable
March 1944. AD accidents at ovmees risk.
!LAM J. DALE,
Warriors
(By G. R. Stevenin "Britain").
South of Bardia a New Zealand
railway construction company and
Indian engineers, were building a
'ay.
Sometimes
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Sometimes the supply train was
late, and for want ef sleepers ,or
spikes or fishplates, the 'gangs sat
waiting in' little •groups in the blind-
ing heat. At such times New Zea-
landers and Indians clustered toge-
ther, and made the 'handful, of w • df)
which they had in common go ail
way. I heard one New Zealanlieete
ing the Indians .about Stewart.Loatti
oysters, which he claimed were as
large as Soup ,plates. The Indiana:.
who had never seen an oyster in that'
lifes, laughed -as uproariousl e1ae.
tbongh,they understood the joke. the laA,se lot of drivers than the Indians
Ne' Zealand commander, a fine lean 'n the Middle East. They are in the
man who knew his job, talked of tb.
Indians rather than of his own Mai ••
'They don't need us," he said. "They •
could build this, line themselves." He Dublin Resident
glanced at another groupeecufflieg
the diest "They are a happy lot"- ; (Contiuued from Page 1)
said. '!'• ,
Afteikwards, 'when I was priviliged Miss Birdie Murray, Stratford, with
to be with the Indians in action., i Dr. S. A. and Mrs. Murray; Mt. and"
knew -hew truly he had spoken. They Mrs. Michael • McPhail, Wingham,
are happy warriors. In battle they with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Darling; Miss
are fierce, in adversity serene.; but no Angela Rowland, Windsor, is spend -
circumstance daunts their Pride in bi- ing a week with her mother, Mrs. Lia
mg born to be soldiers. I doubt .lf lian Rowland; Miss Bernice Manley,
many European troops find battle in St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, ,with
the Wesqrn Desere9leaeant -ixperij her parents, ,Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J.
ence. Eueepean • rale is largely Manley; Thos.: Feeney, London, with
sustained b hope for victory and the Mr. and Mrs, Patricli. Feeney; Sister
end of fibung. Indi M. St. David, Windsor, with her par -
other hand, being sol ents, "Mr. and Mrs. D. McConnell;
Miss Katherine Donnelly, R.N., Buffa-
le, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Dennehy; Miss Loretto Feeney
Of London, is spending a week with
her parents, , Mr. and Mrs.' "Mack
Feeney; Mr. -and Mrs. Ghester O'Reil-
ly, Detroit, with Mr. ,and Mrs. Thos.
Molyneatix; Mr. and -Mrs. M. 3.
3tagle. ,Miss Marie and Earl and Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. O'Hearn in Godericb ;
Mrs. Peter Matthews it Galt; Mrs.
5ta Newcombe in Toronto; Mr. add
Mrs, Mark Akin and Fergus Kenny,
'Detroit, with Mrs. Philip Kenny; Mr.
and Mrs, Urban- Afotte and children,
Detroit, Mrs. Richard Ayotte, Varna,
and Mrs. Jerry Campbell, Mount Car-
mel-, with John Dill= and Miss Ella
4[ Dillon; Mr. Demereux and daugh-
ter, Nora, Chicago, with Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Darling.
nee from the evening star, whose
altering ride over the target, *ill
cafe them -full brothers in the fel-
l -di -ship which Cs destined to decide
this war. I feel certain ttiat men
who drive lorries so badly must be
magnificent in the pathless overhead.
FQI let's face it -there is only one
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Robe*Oterksi • 0', • ' .
Seenieeai the.Utlited Church Am" •••,^
day MorniOg 'last were well atteildSd.
Rev. A, M. Grad, of St. Aruirew?p',
United OltUreh, .KiPpen, Preen/lea lrenY
Reeeptably, 1Mr. Bob Cameron presid-
ed ver Y ably at the. console of the
organ,"'and Mr. W.,0. Goodwin render-
ed a pleasing- Solo.
Mrs. Ted 'Kaman and Toni, of Lis-
towel, are spending two weeks' vaca-
tion with Mrs.. C. McDonell and Dore -
thy. Mr. Tetuan is spending two
weeks at Petawewa.•
Mrs. Brockahas received a cable -
grain' from her son, Roy, overseas
that he is safe and well.
Mrs. E. Shaddick and Mrs. Id. Tu-
dor SPent, last week holidaying at
Bayfield. Little Miss Judith Shaddick
has returned home following a de-
liglatful six' weeks' vacation in Bay-
field and Goderich.
• Mr.. and Mrs. William Weber, of
Auburn, and Mr. and Mrs. John Doerr,
''of Blyth, were the guests of Mrs. W.
Luker and Mrs. C. Meidinger on Sat-
urday.
Mr. T. Shaddick was a, visitor in
Clinton last week.
Mrs. Roy Fear and sons, of Dor-
chester, visited last week at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Hogarth. ' • •
:troops, on the
'" rs by heredity
regard themselves a afertunate men.
They believe arms tdebe the noblest
vocation, and battle the culmination
; af emotional experience.
You need only watch them when
action is imminent. You •ee feel a
joyous tension grow. The i en leap
to their tasks with a fintt: f wnice
teeth and a quick stdile. ,e,. n night
patrols 'they are cat-footed;'moving
like shalm
eese but thOr mu talk or
burst, for 'the. same reason at Epic
Brighteyes 'sang, and Roland wound
bis horn. .The non•cogimissien,4mef-
teem, old hands, make it clear thee;
they will stand no skylarking. Ob-
serve that.naik, , His back is as etiff
as a ramrod,eandhid voice creekles.
But smile he must. He feels 'battle
in 'the air. It is his day. e ., ....1
In mechanized warfare the ,unadapt-
able -species dies, as surely asthe
giant lizards died when the glaciers
crept down. upon them.. We have
learned, pitifully and at great cost,
thatemorale counts for little against
outmatched guns. ., Because of this,
Many have believed that the Indian
Phone: Sea‘te 841 .r 21. ' traops, reared and trained ia conserv-
3988-tg ative concepts of war, would. prove
GLEN REMEMBRANCE cannon fodder when' confronted with
Reg. No. 28859- • • Enrolment N.. 4069 the specialized cadres' of the Axis, Or
• , Kan •1, Premium. A ,,
• The Chdesibite ,Glen Remembrance.
win stand' !dr' the sear* of 1943 at Crane
Bros., Let'22, Con 7, Halbert. Sired by that
grand show home, "Scotland's ,'Itemembrattee,”
else that they Wonld be victims of
he ealvalry tradition. of ,battle at any
price.
"Glen Remembrance" is a medium sized Both beliefs were ,unjustified. Nei
horse with plenty of aubetance. Be stands ther the section nor the platoon nor.
on four good legs and feet, carrying a small
amount of fine silky hair. He is a flashy the company is the battle malt today.
mover and proven"idre. Owing to the mear" The vehicle is the battle unit. When
every vehicle is equipped to fight ev-
ery possible enemy, the optimum will
• crty of gasoline tires, and labor, any person!
ishing to use this horse should make their
reservations early.
Terms -To insure a foal, 118.00, or two
foals 150 the one owner, 125.00, payable March haNe been -achieved. But if every
1, 1944. All adeidents at Owner's risk. Track- fighting vehicle is completely armed
• ing will be charged for extra and Payable at
time of service. • in the , Russian fashion with tommy
Phone Dub/in 43 r..27.
FRED Cougoitomv, Proprietor,
*wood, Ont.
5917-11
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Cards of Thanks
gun e and mortars and apti-tank guns,
anclea small cannon towed behind, it
still is not a perfect fighting unit with-
out a single-minded crew. The best
battle section today would b'e a fare-
ily, with a father and perhaps. a cou-
ple, of uncles commanding in thoi'-
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nese and bereavernesst of our loving wife and
mother. mr. 'John Xrattsboyff 2,nd Daughter. ties, of whose frailties they would be
friends and relatives for their thoughtful sons and nephews, over whom
kindness and consoling words through the would wield the authority of 13104
WISH TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE mighly
3949x1 well aware, in whose welfare they
Patriarchal fashion a clutch of'
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they..
would have a common stake
.and everlasting thanes to our many.
Births,
The Indian regiments more closely
approximate to this ideal than any
other •force in the world. They are
TIOGGART-In Mullett, on Augrat, 18th, to
- men of the same caste, the sane Vie
gr. and Mrs. George Wpm* a daughter.
McLEAN-,-In Scott Memorial Hospital on lages, the - same faith, the same ex -
August izth, to Mr. and Mrs. R. I. McLean, I
Ipectations. Over and over again I
Seatorth, a daughter. ' I
_ EcgtERT-In ^Scott Memorial ;MOIspital., on have been ,aptdiVslied by their adept -
August fete, :to Mr. and Mrs. Con Eckert, !ability, and the sound commoh sense
MeKillop, a daughter.
STAPLE -Tow -1n Scott Memoreal Hospital, on of their imprivisatione. Let me give
Aigrust 16th, to •Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Staple- yoll an instance. Coming out of El
itch, Dublin, a son.
• Adem, a group of nine Garwhalis were
captured. That •night they escaped.
Heading for the British lines, they
came in the darkness upon two lor-
ries parked together. One • Garwhal i
crept forward to reconnoitre. Ile il---
turned to report that eight Ger:Mang'
slept in a row between the veliieles,
and that the ninth kept sentry (INS-Ws-
ily against the front fender.
'The Germane' were arm$3d. The dar-
wb:alis were unarmed. 'Vet theyi,;ade-
terraned to attack. Eight. Clarvillt !is
s
sprang out of the darkness with ' IT
land burled theta:Sett/eta upotethe e4ap.
ine-Geriritifig. 'the ninth edirtdiall at
tight until thuds and screams of '.c.
defined the ...melee. Then be ad4nc.
ede.1`, Ms yella,,, sad his cOraradesiat-
lemaard$3„. Weremot* fearstittes Oen
tlitilie" of 'all the ethers tegether. he
tParktiese seemed full Of bulking, he
06114allis ceased kicking,
'''';74111 .6tteif lasked vilett4S14"8it
itottAietileggiiiii filth* :add the44,:*
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Deaths
BOAT-eIn Niagara Falls, on Wednesday,
'
. August fete, John Emhart, aged 64 Years. •
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tuouinsmviENT PLUS
When "it's really too hot to eat"
drink milk -there IS no better way to
get a maximum 4^.)o1 nourishment and
etht keep cool. Milk served very cold
• itt. a Misted ghat:a Well -chilled egg -
flog, or frosty milk shake, Is' al-
Wayti weleofte,
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inlet 0, the Setae. „Ithiftal troni
itOtksitt sectatott,
' &Offal ilbt,loii
ay. Will
• Cucumber Industry Expanding
The cucumber industry is definitely
piffling Dublin on the map. The mod-
ern new building is the mecca, of line
after line of 'automobiles carrying
patrons with bags and bags of cucum-
bers. The manager is Albert Rock,
and 'his assistente, Albert Kramers,
'John A. Darling and Ryan Jordan. _
On Monday, Wednesday and Friday
evenings when the supplies are truck-
ed in from the pick-up stations at
Brussels and Cromarty, the plant is
a veritable din of industry and ex-._
citement. After the bags of cucum-
bers of each patron are unloaded, they
are emptied into the large hopper of
the grading equipment and it is fas-
cinating to watch the process of grad-
ing into Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 grades, and
each allotmeet eventually falls from
its respective compartment into ham-
pers which are weighed and placed in-
to categories for each individual pa-
tron. Afterwards they are put into
lirge vats of brine.
Already installed are two vats, 14
ft. by 8 ft., each containing 20 tons,
four vats 12 ft. by 8 ft., holding ap
proximately 15 tons, and six smaller
Irts, 10 ft. by 6 ft. More vats are in
process of construction. The workers
'ere obliged to remain on the job un-
til or longer when the cu-
cumbers are arriving in large quan-
tities.
A,pressure system from a neighbor'
ing drilled-, well has also been instal-
led Which provides water for prepara-
tion of the brine •in the vats.
Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. W. C, Caldwell,
Tecumseh Avenue, London, announce
the engageme,nt of their only daiigh-
ter, 'Joyce Doreen, to Second Lieuten-
ant William George Scott, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Scott, of Kildare
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MS "E. Hodgson in "Britain")
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It is just omr,huadred years ago
since a ,B"ritieb engineer, 'W.'S. Hen-
son, designed and patented his "aer-
ial steam carriage." Henson's patent
specification revealed the first, design
ever produced, in -Britain or any other
country, for a fulascale power -driven
aircraft. Although it vas never con-
structed as a full-seale heavier-than-
air machtee, this far-seeing patent of
a British experimenter becamb the
basis for another notable step in the
progress of aviatIon.
At the time when Henson envisag-
ed flight with a power -driven aircraft
a bill was presented to Ithe British
Parliament to promote an "aerial
•transit company. The intention of
the company, was "to convey passen-
gers and troops to China and India
in a few days."
These two events took place a cen-
tury ago, but they are important land-
marks in the progress of British aero-
nautical deveiop6Ent. Remote as
they are from the streamlined planes
of today, they illustrate the weight
of British research which lies behind
the achievements of the R.A.F. In this
war.
William Samuel Henson is believ-
ed to have been born in Leicester in
1805, but beyond that essential date
little is known of his early life. In
Road; Windsor, the marriage to take 1820 he was living in Chard, and hav-
place in First St. Andrew's United' ing shown mechanical ability of an
inventive character, he took out a
patent in 1835 for improvements in
bobbinet or lace machinery, as his
father had done ;before him. •
How he became interested in aero-
nautics is also tinknowa, hut it is on
record that in 1840raire-Wits making ex-
on Saturday, August 14th, at el p.m., peripents „with - model flying ma -
when Margiierite Madelaine Maire, chiglc, -A. year later he was grant-
ed, "hpatent 'foe improvements in
iteam engines. Theseimprovements
were in the nature of novel types •of
boiler and condenser,doubtless de-
signed to"provideen engine of high
power weight refiii,hich Henson re-
alized was essential. to the success of
his flying madhine. By the autumn
Of 1842 he had completed the patent
specification of his "aerial steam car-
riage," for Which, as "the true ana
oply inventor" -to quote the official
phrase -he was ,duly granted a pat-
ent. •
Church, London, early in September.
Menne - Maire
Bloor Street United Church, Toron-
to, with a floral background of love
ly summer flowers, was the scene o1.
a charming wedding of wide interest•
Toronto, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Adolph Maireeed Winnipeg, Man., be-
came the bride of Leading Aircraft -
man Kenneth' Stewart Manns, Royal
Canadian Air Force, Mountain View,
son of 1VIrs. F. Manns, of Hensall, and
the late F. Manns. The marriage was
solemnized by Rev. Donald MacLeod:,
Mr. F. Sylvester was at the console
for the bridal music. Given in mar-
riage by her father, the attractive
bride was lovely in a white taffeta,
floor -length, with finger-tip veil, and
'Wearing a double strand of pearls,
the gift of the groom. Her bridal bow • Henson's patent specification, with
its accompanying 'detailed drawings,
quet were dark red roses and white
is a remarkable docuntent in the an -
pink
In a floor -length gown'. of •
of nals of mechanical dight -the more
sheer, Mee„ D. M. Jones,
Winnipeg,. sister of the -bride, was 'remarkable, perhap.si, in that it was
produced at a time when to take any
matron of honor, and the bridesmaid,
Miss Marjorie Ewald, of"Wierton, was interest in flying was to be thought
gowned in blue sheer flon]'-ien&th• either a fool or a knave. It revealed
nearly all the features essential to
Both carried nosegays. Mr. Syr ii Hol -
that type of flaying nachine known at
lingshead attended' the groom, land
of a. •
the ushers were Raye Paterson, later date as an airplane.
Toronto, formerly of Herasell, and • • •
The main structure comprised rigid
Joseph Mare."' The -‚ reception was wings , built up of wood; with main'
hald at Blackstone's Restaurant, To- and 'secondary ribs, the whole cover-
ronto. Mrs. Manns, of Hensel], mother ed above and benneathed with yarn -
of the groom, , receiVed in a time
length two-piece black silk velvet and
wearing a corsage of tea roses. For
their wedding trip to Muskoka Lakes
and Hensel], the bride donned a, poP-
der blue wool suit with British tan
accessories. Attending froni •Hensall
were Mrs. F. Manns Mr: and Mrs.
John Shepherd and Mr. and Mrs. G.
r, Wren.
Mr. and Mrs.. W. E. Foster were
guests' on Sunday last with Miss Irene
Douglas of London.
IIENSALL
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arrival .in Britain of their son, Radio
' fficer Richard Etheringten. He is a
raduate of a radio college in Toronto
hd sin'ce enlistnient has serVedt.
'Veer at Saint Jean, Quebec. He is
:abola• on convoy duty. His primary ed-
ucation was received in Usborne.
Miss Marjorie .Johnson, of Windsor;
is visiting with her grandmother, Mrs.
Adeline Johnson.
Pte. Elgin Johnson, of London,
spent the week -end with his mother,
Mrs. Adbline Johnson.
Pinus Dorothy McQueen, of London,.
visited over the week -end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. McQueen.
Miss Mary McAsh, well known lo-
cal' resident, had the fnisforturie tb'
have 'her hand Caught itt the elettrie
'lager, conking ilijirries to sueli an
e .tent that 15 stItehes Were reellired,
.Sgt. Sack, IVIcParlafie and Vit. ite.
kattittne, .df Sidney, 1444 Miss Mae
gtliwatirk
ii1tiwej1640)t.trad *faltora
AMI frL t'getwittif., mid at. mid
sound in the main both as ,to the sci-
entific aid mechanical principles, on
which it was based. • It is not to be
wondered at that the possibilities') 01
this novel invention attracted the at-
tention of a small group of company -
promoting type, who ,proposed to ex -
Plat the project by floating an aerial
transit 'company. • •
It was, in connection with this spec-
ulative scheme that the bill was ,pre-
sented in Parliament by a well known
member of the House, and read a first
time, doubtless to a chorus of ironic
laughter. But it got no further, and
having been dropped it gave rise to
a universal belief that the whole af-
fair was, a mere stunt. From an at-
titude of ill-informrd optimism and
wonder, press comments became -cyni-
cal and derisive, and this "marvel of
the age'' became the subject of pic-
torial caricature and doggerel verse.
The Misses Mildred and Jeanne Py -
bus and Miss Mary Ritchie,-'who'laave
spent the last two weeks holidaying
at Grand Bend and withMr.„and Mrs.
Gordon i'ybue, have returned • to
Guelph.
11fr. William „Fee., and Mise Mary
Fee, who have spent the Summer
months with relatives ' in the West, the machine was to be by a vertical
have returned home. budder, while a "second tail" - fan -
Mr. and Mrs. C. Cook have been va- shaped and ,horizontal -was to serve
cationing at Grand Bend. 'the purpose of an elevator.Finally,
• Mr. and Mrs, Ezra Kipfer have re- take -off and landing were to '13e faeili-
ceived word that their saS'n, Pte. Ivan' tated ly means of "tricycle" landing
Kiefer, who has been ill in a hospital wheels, quite in accord with modern
overseas, arrived in Halifax on Mon- practice.
ished fabric. These wings had a
span i) f 150 feet from tip to tip, and
were -30 feet in depth, the total sup-
porting surface -including a "second
tail" or elevator-abeieg• 4,500 square
feet. hi order to strengthen the large
span of the wings, Henson provided
wing -post trading, the struts and
wires of which were to be of oval sec-
tion in order to reduce the factor of
resistance. Beneath the center of
the wings 'was a "case" or fuselage
• it the manner of. the modern mid -
wing monoplane -in which was hous-
ed a light -weight steam engine of
twenty-five to thirty horsepower, driv-
ing two "pusher" propellers .of ten
feet in diameter.
The car was also intended to afford
space for the crew, as well as pas-
sengers, goods and mail. Steerage of
day of this week and expects to reach Such, in brief, was Henson's design
Hensall this week, „ of ohe hundred years ago -a design!
But the writer of the couplets:
It matters not, I understand, whicb-
ever way the wind is,
They'll waft you in a day or so right
bang into the Indies!
Or you may dine in London now, and
then„ if you're romantic,
Just call a ship and take a trip right
over the Atlantic!
would be surprised, if he were alive
today,., to find that his prophetic jest
had become an accomplished fact.
Itis only fair to Henson to add
that, while the general atmosphere
of failure prejudiced the mechanical
merits of his design, be is not known
to have taken any personal part in
the financial scheme, or made any
money from it. On the other hand,
although it was not possible for fin-
ancial and technical reasons .to con-
struct his aircraft on a large scale,
it is more definitely to bis credit that
be was not discouraged.
Indeed, with the help of his friend,
John Stringfehow-a• fellow enthusi-
ast in the cause of flight who aL§o
lived in Chard, and who in 184& earn-
ed the high distinction of being the
first man to demonstrate that a small
model could support itself in the air
when driven by steam power -he con-
tinued to make further experimental
models. About the time' 'of ,String -
fellow's notable success, Henson, hav-
ing doubtless exhausted his resourc-
es, gave up his aeronautical endeav-
ors and in 1849 emigrated to Amer-
ica, where he died in t888.
But while Henson's pioneer work.,
particuIarlylais first composite deaign
for an aircraft, doubtless emanted
from his own brain, backed up by
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years, by experiments with large
gliders, and as the result of tie en-
deavors, which he Publialled, froxi
time to time, he was able to lay (limit
the basic principles of mechanical
flight.
It is not known whether Henson
ever met Cayley, but there is in ex-
istence a letter he wrote to Ceylon
in which a strain of deference sug-
gests he was aware .3; the •import-
ance of Cayley's work in aeronautics.
In his reply Cayley welcomed Hen -
son's geal in the cause, but warned
him that there was need for more ex-
perimental work. "A hundrel: necks,"
he added, with prophetic apprecia-
tion of the problems of control, "have
to be broken before all ,the sources
of accident can be ascertained . and
guarded against." '
As a matter of fact Cayley was not
aware that some important research
work in connection with Henson's pro-
ject had been undertaken in 1843 by
John Chapman, a civil engineer of
Loughborough. - Chapman's papers,
which afford ae, interesting though
incomplete record of his experiments ,
in aerodynamics -some of which were
carried out in collaboration' with Ren -
sen -have only recently come to light.
But studied In conjunction with Cay-
ley's earlier, work, with Henson's own
endeavors, and with the later flying
models of Stringfellow -the whole
covering a period of nearly eighty
years between 1800 and 1878 - the
work of these rour British pioneers
forms one of the most important
charters in the history of aviation's
cradle years. , •
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