The operator was supposed to lie on his face in the middle of the lower plane, but in the later machines a seat was provided for him alongside the engine, and in still later ones seats for one or two passengers.
At the handle end, are the connections for the rubber tubes that lead to the gas tanks, and the little valves by which the operator can control the flow of gas.
Thus, if the machine should tip down on the right side, the operator would warp the planes so as to increase the angle of incidence on the right side and lessen it on the left side.
Experiments have been tried with long trailing wires, but these are dangerous to the aeroplane, and to use the wires of the machine for antennae endangers the operator to electric shocks.
One of the instances of the strange antics of wireless was told to the boy by an operator who had been in charge of the wireless outfit on a Hudson River boat.
The operator sat just to the rear and above the engine so he could look out and over the top of the main plane.
The impulses were manifested by ticks, just the length of the dots and dashes being sent out by the operator perhaps thousands of miles away.
Thus by pulling this lever toward him the operator tilted the rudder up, and the machine rose, and by moving it from side to side the biplane was kept on an even keel.
What is still more surprising, the operator will not need to see the infernal engine or even know its location, and the enemy will be unable to interfere, in the slightest, with its movements by any electrical means.
However, the question as to who first rode in a power-driven flier under the control of the operator still is the subject of a world-wide controversy.
Finally the operator took his place, the engine was started, the signal was given, the men holding the machine dropped back and it started out along the rail from which it was launched.
Water was admitted into a tank for the purpose of descending and two brass force-pumps ejected the water when the operator wished to rise.
The boat, which was, of course, water-tight, was sufficiently commodious to contain the operator and a sufficient amount of air to support him for thirty minutes.
This continued until the departure of the operator for Germany, which country he had only recently left on a short visit to England.
The constant solicitations of these enthusiastic friends seem at length to have produced their effect, and the favourite operator of the neighbourhood was requested to try his skill on these new patients.
This operator did his office after a different manner, from those of his trade in Europe.
Both operator and operand must derive their meaning from the laws of operation.
The real estate operator took advantage of the fact that many of the immigrants brought money with them, which it required time to invest.
As soon as she was on the wire with the operator he delivered the message he had for her.
To theoperator she dictated a message to be wired to Richard Gordon.
One of the housemaids told her that the operator at San Jacinto had twice tried to get her on the telephone.
Nothing but practice will settle the point, and after only a little practice the operator cannot be mistaken.
A similar loss of light will result from having too little gas; so that some attention will be required to enable the operator to adjust the apparatus satisfactorily.
While Harris was absent for a few moments, during the afternoon, the night operator sent the following to Carnes: Where found?
Then you look for your night operator by the down express?
If Carnes goes to New Orleans I shall want a telegraph operatorin Trafton.
Going below I found the office comparatively quiet, and Dimber Joe and the new operatorsocially conversing on the porch.
The next day the night operatoroffered to relieve Harris, an offer which was gladly accepted.
Now that a linotype operator had been hired to set type, they had a little more free time.
I noticed the light burning," the operator replied, twisting his hat in his hands.
She must keep cool and say distinctly where the fire was, instead of merely yelling "Fire, Fire" as most people did when the operator answered.
A fifth prays the operator to remove small pieces of skin from various indicated parts of his body.
The operator thrusts a sharp instrument through the skin near the wrists, then introduces the knife and cuts out a piece of the required length, sometimes extending the cut entirely to the shoulder.
And an hour later by a combination of bribes, threats, and pleadings Bob got a sleepy operatorto reopen the telegraph office and speed the message to Washington.
Every night when he returned to Calexico he went eagerly to the telegraph office; but each time the operator emphatically shook his head.
The Western Union operator was almost insulted that Bob should imagine there was a message there for him.
It is of the utmost consequence to the operator that he avoid with the greatest care the vapours that issue from the vessels, because they are extremely noxious, and may occasion mortal disorders.
The forge is of use when there is occasion to apply a great degree of heat suddenly to any substance, or when it is necessary that the operator be at liberty to handle frequently the matters which he proposes to fuse or calcine.
The Forge is only a mass of bricks of about three feet high, along whose upper surface is directed the nose or pipe of a pair of large perpetual bellows, so placed that the operator may easily blow the fire with one hand.
At the moment the Jakes Creek operatoranswered his call, and received the message of warning.
With a shake of the head the young operator opened the second blade.
Jack tested with his earth connection, and finding the opening was to the south, waited, thinking the receiving operator at Hammerton had opened his key.
Among them he saw Raub, a reporter of the "Bulletin," and with him Simpson, an operator of the opposition telegraph company.
And the day operator had worked for him that Friday evening, while he was at the landlady's daughter's birthday party!
The operator sprang to the telephone, and in intense silence the party waited.
Shortly after midnight the young operator was awakened by someone running through the car and shouting for Construction Superintendent Finnan.
What the at first puzzled and then thunderstruck operator at Watson Siding read off his instrument ran very differently.
When at length Muskoka Jones reappeared on the scene, and with him the operator from Ledges, Bartlett met them with a gloomy face.
I suppose you are not the only operator at this station, kid?
Please send down operator from Ledges to read my tapping if I am unable to return.
Passing back to his regular seat Tim heard the operator for English Society who happened to be Buckingham Roseberry wiring this to his sheet.
Larke wirelessed Gibbie the code word for the double pilfer and although Pinkerton Roger received the message too he was afraid to leave the home station without an operator and couldn’t prevent the captain from committing the crime.
The flying or gliding machine to be launched with its operator is placed on the platform-car at the leeward end of the portable track.
In arriving at the maximum lifting capacity the weight of the operator must be added.
These will be more comfortable than using the struts, as the operator will not have to spread his arms so much.
On reaching the trial ground the aviator takes his seat in the machine and, while the men at the ends hold it steady the one in the rear assists in retaining it until the operator is ready.
Upon nearing the ground the operator tips upward his carrying-surfaces and stops his headway upon the cushion of increased air resistance so caused.
As a general proposition a fairly satisfactory flying machine, one that will actually fly and carry the operator with it, may be constructed for $750, but it will lack the better qualities which mark the higher priced machines.
It is to prolong the forward movement as much as possible that the operator shifts the center of gravity slightly, bringing the apparatus on an even keel as it were by lowering the advancing edges.
Its free end may, if desired, be grasped and held by the operator until the flying-machine ascends to the desired height, when by simply letting go of the line the operator may continue his flight free.
The total weight of the outfit, including machine, operator and fuel sufficient for a three-hour run, was only 660 pounds.
The only way to get out of the difficulty is for the operator to wait for more favorable conditions, or bring his machine to the ground in the usual manner by manipulation of the control system.
But do you think it the fair thing to unmask an operator that way?
The operator may be driven to the upper story, or to the roof, there to dispute possession with stray turtles or snakes, or to listen to the hoarse remonstrance of some old bullfrog whose nocturnal rest is broken by the clicking of the key.
The operator places a hank on a pair of the hooks.
This is provided by internal sensors which amplify small operator motions and transmit them to fusion-powered servos; these move the armor itself.
In most cases, however, force-field failure is due to overload by enemy fire, and the ensuing suit failure and powerpack disruption cause total destruction of armor and operator both.
The armor is so massive that the operator cannot move it without assistance.
The operator takes in his hand a stone, and with the other hand he sprinkles that stone over with ashes.
Here the operator takes a piece of bark cloth, with which she rubs the front of the patient's body, but without any incantation.
The operator first visibly, but silently, engages in two incantations, during the former of which he holds up the thumb and first finger of his right hand, and during the latter of which he holds up the two instruments.
Presumably the operator makes private enquiries before trying his experiment, and knows how to control the fall of the implement.
There is no restriction as to diet or otherwise placed upon the operator prior to the operation, but there is a day's food restriction imposed upon the person whose nose is to be pierced.
The operator chews and crushes with his teeth the root of a vegetable (I do not know what it is) which they grow in their gardens, and then wraps it up into a small bundle in a bunch of grass, and gives it to the patient to suck.
I will teach you telegraphing," he said to the boy, "and prepare you for the position of night operator at not less than twenty-five dollars a month.
By this time Edison had so perfected himself in receiving messages that he could write from forty-six to fifty-four words a minute--quicker than any operator in the United States.
On entering the passage for that purpose, he met the operator who had so dexterously dressed his arm, advancing to the room of the wounded officer.
While speaking, the operator laid his hand expressively on his heart, and he bowed nearly to the floor when he had concluded.
You should not encourage such feelings of animosity to any of your fellow creatures," returned Lawton, in a tone that caused the operator to drop a pin he was arranging in the bandages from his hand.
The operator bowed a little haughtily, and withdrew to fulfill his promise, by dispatching a messenger on the errand.
A little mollified with this explanation, the operator soon forgot his hunger, and declared his intention of proceeding to business at once.
The disappointed operatorcollected his instruments, and with a heavy heart proceeded to pay a visit to the room of Colonel Wellmere.
This now took place, and Dunwoodie stood looking the operator in the face, with an expression that seemed to read his soul.
