human
My invention proposes to navigate the air and the ether beyond, as well as the interplanetary spaces,
gpt
Flying machine, eh?
human
Indeed no! he growled, as if he detested this name.
gpt
My invention is not a machine but a projectile. It is not self-propelling, because if it depended upon its own propelling apparatus, it could not in thousands of years navigate the interplanetary spaces. It is a _gravity projectile_, and will travel at a rate of speed almost incalculable. It does not fly, but its manner of travelling is more nearly like falling.