The August 14 , 1906 Lake County Times ( Hammond , Indiana ) ran an clause bySir Hiram Maximtitled , “ airy Navigation Will Never Be Popular . ” An excerption , as well as the original article in its entireness , appear below .
But I do not think the flying machine will ever be used for ordinary traffic and for what may be called “ popular ” purposes . People who compose about the conditions under which the business and joy of the world will be carried on in another hundred years generally make flying machines take the place of railways and soft-shell clam , but that such will ever be the case I very much doubt .
See also : A Hundred Years From Now . ( New York Times , 1909)Postcards Show the Year 2000 ( circa 1900)Collier ’s Illustrated futurity of 2001 ( 1901)Predictions of a 14 - twelvemonth - Old ( Milwaukee Excelsior , 1901)The Next Hundred Years ( Milwaukee Herold und Seebote , 1901)What May bechance in the Next Hundred Years ( Ladies Home Journal , 1900 )
airplanes
Daily Newsletter
Get the best tech , science , and finish news in your inbox daily .
News from the time to come , delivered to your present .
You May Also Like
