THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE — MARCH 9, 1913
Giant Mechanical Mosquitoes to Conquer Nature!
Milan, Feb 20.
SELF-MOVING mechanisms modelled on the lines of gigantic mosquitoes and designed to enable man to conquer Nature in those places where the climate or the formation of the country make it impossible for him to enter or to remain for any length of time have been invented by Dr. Gustav Luchy, a Swiss scientist. Dr. Luchy, who has been collaborator with the Chevaller Pini, the inventor of astonishing machines for exploring the sea bottoms, asserts that it Captain Scott had been equipped with one of his mechanical mosquitoes he could have made his way to the South Pole within a few hours after leaving his base. He also claims that the machines will make impossible any repetition of the Scott tragedy, and will enable man to wrest from the Antarctic continent its mineral treasures without exposing their operators to the slightest danger.Despite man’s boasted mechanical progress, his engines of locomotion are singularly limited. The locomotive is dependent upon rails; the automobile demands at least a fairly smooth surface on which to run, and the flying machine as yet lacks efficient carrying power. None of the three is equipped to provide adequate shelter for any length of time in parts of the earth’s surface where without shelter man cannot exist. Dr. Luchy’s problem was to find a mechanism which could be independent of rails, would not
