The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-17 00:00:00

SECOND EXPERIMENTAL ASCENT

OF THE NASSAU BALLOON,

(ABRIDGED FROM MR. GREEN'S NARRATIVE.)
This ascent was made from the Royal Garden's Vauxhall,
on Monday afternoon, and, from the success which attended
the experiment of the preceding Tuesday, attracted a large as-

semblage of spectators.
We proceed to gin Mr. Green's version of the proceed-
ings :
" On Monday last Mr. Rush made arrangements with the
proprietors of the Vauxhall-gardens for the ascent to take
place on that afternoon, that gentleman, of course, engaging
the car for the occasion. The time allowed for preparation
was necessarily very limited, in consequence of the proposition
to effect the object on that day not reaching me until acout 12
o'clock in the afternoon. However all that could be done in
that respect within the shortness of time was accomplished.
Everything in the shape of preliminary having been effected,
I released the balloon from its moorings at half-past 6 o'clocic,
by means of the liberating iron, and rose from the earth witk
an ascending power of 1121 b.
The direction we took on leaving the Gardens was N. N. E.,
and so continued during the early part of our upward course,
but on reaching the elevation of 11,000 feet, we became to-
tally stationary for a minute or two as regarded any forward
progress. I then threw out two bags of ballast, which gave
us an astonishingly increased rising power. :Another current
now took us, and we were driven backwards nearly due south.
We continued to rise with great rapidity, and in a few minutes
a different current drove us from west to east. The whole of
this time I was throwing cut ballast as fast as I could. When
we attained an elevation of 16,000 feet, about three miles, We
got into a current which was blowing with considerable violence
at the rate of about 60 miles an hour. The course of this
current was north by west, and it was under the influence of

that wind we were carried to our ultimate destination.
It will be seen by the extract from the journal kept by Mr.
Rush end myself, that we attained an altitude exceeding that
of any mountain in the world, and yet I am able to say that
that gentleman did not experience the slightest difficulty in h►s
respiration from the diminished density of the air. In short
the only inconvenience Mr. Rush sustained arose from the
occasional sudden escape of the gas from the lower valve dur-
ing the balloon's rapid ascent, and even this annoyance he did
not feel to any extent until the barometer had sunk to about
14 inches. . _

What renders this fact the more remarkable is, that during
our ascent, particularly above the elevation of 16,000 feet, we
bad been forcing our way upward with great velocity through
a raege of currents which was running horizontally at the rate
of about 60 miles an hour. At this period the roaring of the
winds strongly resembled the noise produced at the time of 11
hurricane, as heard on the top of a high hill, and the tempe-
rature was at the same moment piercingly cold. At this alti-
tude I suffered severely from the effect of cold in my hands and
feet.
The greatest altitude we reached was 27,146 feet, indicat-
ing an elevation from the earth of 5 miles and 746 feet, the
barometer at this period having fallen from 30.50 to 11, and
the thermometer from 61 to 5, or 27 degrees below the freez-
ing point.
Shortly after we had commenced our downward course vre
discovered there was something falling which very much bore
the appearance and consistency of snow. To this circumstance
I directed the attention of Mr. Rush, whereupon we looked
aloft, when we found the sky to be more than usually thiekll
studded with stars, and perfectly free from any mass in the
shape of cloud. This result at the moment gave rise to no in-
considerable feeling of astonishment in our minds, especially as
the snow continued to descend in large quantities. Upon an
after consideration, however, I am inclined to think that the
substance which fell was net snow, but the dew or moisture
collected on the balloon, which had become congealed or frozen
by the coldness of the temperature to which it had been sub'
jected in our pasage upwards. These particles adhered te,
the netting and balloon, until an increased collapse was cause".
by the intentional voidance of gas ; and when that operative
took effect they were removed by the motion of the netting•
and fell in flakes like a shower of snow. This falling of
flakes continued for a considerable time, and front its appear-
ance fully justified our original notion that it really was a, seri
shower. When we had descended to within about thr,:e miles
of the earth, I imagined I perceived the sea bounded by Mr'
line of the Sussex coast ; on mentioning this discovery to Mr;
Rush, that gentleman expressed it to be his opinion that villa`
appeared to be water was nothing but fog.
However, I pointed his attention to a place, a few miles 10
our right, which, from its being extensively lighted up With.
gas, I considered to be Brighton, and eventually, after sonic
considerable consultation, Mr. Rush admitted the proba-
bility of my supposition being correct. My opinion., was
shortly afterwards borne out, for on our more nearly
ap-
proaching terra firma we discovered the Castle of Lewes 1::
be immediately beneath us. With Lewes and t.'ne surround-
ing ing country, of which I was in perfect ignorance, Mr. Kush
was well acquainted.
Of course from" our vicinity to the. ocean, there was n°
time to be lost in effecting our descent ; I therefore, made in-
quiries of Mr. Rush as to the nat:tre of the locality in respect,
to water and hills, and from the information he afforded nee,t
found that it would be necessary to effect a landing itnivudl,-",
ately on the south side of the town, where a beautiful level CA-
tered itself for our reception.
Accordingly we hovered over Lewes until we camr; into
the northerly current, which I was aware we must fall i n with
at a particular elevation. When, therefore, the balloe,n came
within the operation of that wind, we glided on until we ar-
rived above a field behind the residence of the Rev. id. West'
in Southover, when we effected our descent. The 'Appearance
of the balloon floating over the town of Lewes see:ned to excite
considerable sensation among the inhabitants, and we calla
discern many persons running to our assistance.
We left the Royal Gardens at half-past six, and landed
again at Lewes (a distance of about fifty miles) at a quarter
before eight o'clock, having performed the trip in an "Et
and a quarter.
I must remark, that during our ascent and descent, above
the three miles and a half, I suffered more severely fr 001 the
intensity of the cold than on any former occasion, esp'ecially la
the hands and feet. From this infliction Mr. Rush. apPeare
to be free.
In this ascent we had a double advantage vtith respect
witnessing a setting sun, for prior to our qut.tting the ea.ng
that operation of nature had taken place, and on our reachi
an altitude of about 12,500 feet, we were cnee more Within",,,(l
the action of the rays of that orb, whose se'cting was a sr 11
time observed in the course of a quarter of an hour. 111;..
probability Mr. Rush and myself are the only two buniall ce•
rags who have ever been witnesses to the same occurrellked
After the balloon and its appendages 'had been carefully Pee wo,
up, and arrangements made for their conveyance to town..,,-
proceeded to Brighton, from tvloich place I departed for I; On'-
don on the following morning." b 0
It is a somewhat singular coincidence that Mr. B1,;5": s
,f
had proposed to leave town on the following day, for "" bele
Elsenham-hall, near Saffron Weldon, in Essex, shoel." "got
been put down by the balloon on the occasion of ti.'eana
ascent within five miles of that place ; and that on the seb-eeo
trip, he having come up from Brighton, be should ha ve bii
landed seven or eight miles only from that town, vg Ore
family are sojourning.

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