The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-03 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 3, 1864.

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In spits of the disappointment and delay occa-
sioned by the catastrophe at Leicester, Mr.
GLAISHER has jest published an account of the
twenty-second balloon ascent, which he has safely
accomplished. Although as yet the science of
meteorology is but in the infancy of its development,
we have good grounds for anticipating that rapid
progress will be made. The philosophers and men
of science of this ago have no longer the difficulties
to contend with which fettered the energies and
cramped the ambition of the wise men of old. The
nature of their labours is promptly recognised, and
in many cases they succeed in obtaining that offi-
cial assistance and encouragement which is seldom
accorded to merit in other walks of life. With re-
sped to meteorology more especially our authorities
are inclined to be favourable, since it is a science
which especially concerns the welfare of a mane
time nation. Already the information diffused by
means of admiral FITZROY'S signals has been pro-
ductive of great good ; and, unquestionably, the
more we know of the ordinary course of storms and
hurricanes, and the better we can understand their
forewarning symptoms the more will the risks of
the sea be diminished, both to life and property.
All scientific knowledge to be accurate must be
based upon experience. It is easy to descant upon
marvels that exist on:y in words if we give no cor-
responding proof of their existence. Dr WHEWELL,
in his admirable " History of the Inductive
Sciences," has shown how the early Grecians blun-
dered from seeking to make facts fit to words,
instead of seeking for words to express facts. Their
speculations were daring, their hypotheses most
ingenuous, but they were all, or nearly all, based
upon error, because they sought rather to lay down
the law to the schools than to verify their supposi-
tions. Bat they did good. service in their way, if
it were only by teaching their scientific brethren
humility and caution ; and uow-a%days, if we ad-
vance less confidently, we do so more surely. The
plan of conducting meteorological observations
in
the upper air is a bold and striking one, and gives
us reason to hope for some substantial results.
Coupled with the information collected in all parts
of the globe by oar vessels at sea and our represene
tatives on shore, the experience thus acquired will,
Wo trust, furnish some data for the guidance of
naval officers and ordinary mariners. As so large
t proportion of the lives aneually lost at sea
are lost in the immediate vicinity of our
own shores, partly from tie
dangers of the coasts, partly from the /ale
meneity of our shipping, any additional knowledge
we may obtain reEpacting the sudden changes and
fluctuetiensef our own atmosphere will be extremely
'enable. Mr. GLAIsHER'S narrative is most inte-
resting. He left the earth at siz minutes past four
in the afternoon, and reached the highest point-
-141/4000 feet- Lat ten minutes to five. The first mile
Piss reached in fourteen minutes, the second at about
the same rate, the remaining distance occupying
sixteen minutes. There was no wind when
balloon reached the greatestheight, and it remained
the
at about the same altitude for more than a
quarier
of an hour, during which time its occupants had e clear survey of the world beneath them. Thee j

natural