oon of 1889, without the slightest and gliding about in all directions with scarce a change ol accident, and this balloon having subsequently made a free attitude, must have wondered how he manages to set at ap¬ voyage with 20 passengers. parent defiance all the laws of gravity and of motion, and… … A SNAP-SHOT AT A GULL. FLYING EXPERIMENTS. Unfortunately the taking of such photographs is exceed¬ To the Editor of The American Engineer : ingly difficult. ' The bird flits so rapidly, he is generally so Since the appearance of my article in the January number far off, there is so seldom any…