Nulli Secundus
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American aviator, inventor, and entertainer Samuel Cody starting the engine of Nulli Secundus in its shed.
Nulli Secundus, manned by Cody and Col. John Edward Capper, flying above St. Paul's Cathedral in London on 5 October 1907.
Nulli Secundus was the popular name for England's Military Dirigible No. 1 (a.k.a. British Army Dirigible No. 1, etc.).
Hot-dog shaped (cylinder with spherical ends); 111.5' long, 84,768 cubic feet volume, maximum diameter 31.5'. Balloon made from eight layers of goldbeater's skin. 40–50hp Antoinette motor; two aluminum propellers of 10' diameter, one on each side, each with two blades, making 700prm.[1]
The Nulli Secundus traveled to the Crystal Palace for an exhibition, reportedly picking up a host of spiders along the way.[2]
The airship was rebuilt in 1908 with some stabilizing improvements to the lower hull.[3]
Publications referring to Nulli Secundus
- Chronology of Principal Sevents, September 1907 (Simple title: Chronology of principal events, Journal: Amer. Mag. Aeronautics)
- Publication 10360, 1907, La ricostruzionne del 'Nulli Secundus' (Simple title: The rebuilding of the 'Nulli Secundus', Journal: Boll. Soc. Aer. Ital.)
- Publication 2769, 1907, Chronology of principal events (Simple title: Chronology of principal events, Journal: Amer. Mag. Aeronautics)
- Publication 385, 1907, Aérostation. Le dirigeable Patrie, Mixte Malécot, la Ville de Paris, le Nulli-secundus, Zeppelin, etc. (Simple title: Ballooning. The airship Patrie, Mixed Malécot, the City of Paris, the Nulli-secundus, Zeppelin, etc., Journal: L'Aéronautique)
- Publication 4569, 1907, First British military airship Nulli Secundus (Simple title: First British military airship Nulli Secundus, Journal: Autom. Journ.)
- Publication 9960, 1907, Le premier dirigeable anglais. ('Nulli secundus') (Simple title: The first English airship. ('Nulli secundus'), Journal: La Conq. l'Air)
- Degoul, 1907, Le dirigeable militaire anglais 'Nulli Secundus' (Simple title: The English military airship 'Nulli Secundus', Journal: L'Aérophile)
- Doncières, 1907, Le 'Nulli Secundus' (Simple title: The 'Nulli Secundus', Journal: La Nature)
- Publication 2229, 1908, British Army airship reconstructed (Simple title: British Army airship reconstructed, Journal: Pop. Mech.)
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References
- ↑ Squier, 1908, Present Status of Military Aeronautics, pp. 50–51.
- ↑ Maxim, 1909, Artificial and Natural Flight, p. 28. "When the Nulli Secundus ascended at Farnborough and landed at the Crystal Palace, Mr. Cody, who was on board, reported what he supposed to be a very curious and unaccountable phenomenon. The balloon was covered with many thousands of minute spiders that it had picked up in the air on the voyage. Certainly this of itself is very strong evidence of these ascending currents of air."
- ↑ Publication 2229, 1908, British Army airship reconstructed, p. 646.
