Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-12-07
MISCELLANEOUS.


par;s Ort 24-Anoillcr attempt al directing tn.
ba!loon independently Of wind and currents Of hir has
been. made in The Champ de- Mars with the same wan:
ni which has h!thcrt" attended all similar cX-
prrimcmts The inventor VI. Eu!'Iut, who pcrsnad-
cd himself that by combination Of wings Ike the sails
of mill, and of oars, that he could master the drec-
ton of balloon, and could steer il, not directly III
the wind eve, but against such opposing wind
sailing vessel ordinarily does II" set aside all the po-
puar notions as IL llr difference between The resist
aucr of the ar and the resistance Of water. He
contcndcd that not ;hr gravity "i tilc tiuld but
tie force Of the morin" power that Should tc taken
nn account: and that In" example vdS gwen ~ M
The nrh Of heavy h:rd>, wI, t" all appearance It"
anageahl rs his balloon Ia short. III proved 10
hnscii,hu AL The world ani:, and TIM, he j. the
only wisr one hat h" has proved now hl the result
q. is experiment is mol difficult to b" Guessed II the
weird Ec mad hs u5UrtiyC attempt Will moi convince IL
of il, folly W. Euri"t had large 20! N tha Champ
de- Mars ASST ncd his b. III" government. and hc
VA. assisted N lis experiment hr W. tlrm"r:,, cta>
&c name in haIlo"ninr in Francr-ak kind .! MIR Gra"n
IN this good city q Paris There b" has h""n at work
for time, making trials on small scale, and pre-"
pairing for tho gr~nd cNhhitIon winch was fixed t"r
YESTERDAY The price If admission varied from one
franc to -. the former admitting the public. and the
latter such amateurs w.sicd 10 the wt"" arrange
mcnt.
Tn" appearance of the balloon WAS tina, Of Im-
nrliS, oval laid its side, and the apparatus destined
br W. Euol for h's looked TX" the carria-"
part Of cabriort, having, III place "i wheels wi:iIS
ike thosr nf windmill. the sails Of which turned ac
cordinr 30 the impetus gwen T. the axle. II the stem
and stern of the car were largo the notion
Of which to Influence and correspond with that OF
the wind-sailS.
When the imitation of the balloon was finished the
car placed under IL, and attached TO hoop con-
u"c"d with The s,is!,,nding cords Of the mact.nr 81
nllr 10 Thai usually poyrdb by MIR Green. The IN
vinr took his place ~ The car and BY The aa Ola wind
la. st lul:nn the and tn" wings. The balloon
Wa held down all the time, but VI. Euir."t CAV"
il l,Ilr inclination hy the effect Of his oars. placed al
the head and ia OF the Still II was not made clear
how far direction could ho gwen To the balloon
when full liberty and I" all appearance the great
d::proportion of bulk hctwc"n the guiding apparatus
ans: the balloon itself rendered full control !mprss-
bic
At four o'clock, al The preparations Of VI. Eulrtot
being complete. the word 'lct =" was gwen and The
inventor and his balloon INTO the air pilot was
launched ascertain the direction Of the wind, and 10
sci nj rest the success Of the experiment by the aronan
taking the opposite The weather was most Ia
vorabc as there only Light current Of air against
which the sails and oars had 10 contend. The bal"
loon rose, and sunk again. and must have fallen
against the high bank Which borders the race ground
OF The Champ de Mars; hat til" people Grid out 10 the
aronau to throw away more ballast and after having
done 50 The balloon again rose. VI. EurGt then hogan
IL work way his winda-a but matters did not pro-
coed according his expectation, ~ The machine fol
lowed the 9th" pilot, and It soon became cv-
and not the car the balloon still Mr.. EurIot worked
like Trojan, and wound, and wound, and womnd and
all the effect thai h. could produc" WAS {" lurrc the
trent oars 10 change places with those al Inc stern
When this took place uneasy movement was WIS bic
in the balloon and the Wings which I'LL Then had spun
round ceased al once 10 play. In short, the balloon
took the usual courS" ofSuch monsters: ii follow
ing the impulse oihc wind, till il was lost. with lis DIS
appointed protector. among the clouds.
Considerable uncasncss manifested among the
spectators on seeing the balloon thus take nnhiddcn
leave and the people crowded round NJ GarncTin and
his daughter. 10 learn from Hem whether III" machine
was furnished with safety valve. whether the zero
naui qualified to manage Il descent. III" answers
were any thing but ',s:icory. ii was understood
that VI Eurint had mol suffice practical experience
OF haiioouing and that, til ,ugh c"nvcrsan with the the
nrv he had never made alone difficult descent He
had been furnished with abundant instructions 70 the
manner of working the balloon in cases of extremity
bn il feared, from his agtatcd manner al the start
ing that he would not remember those orders when he
moment Of peril arrived
am moi quite certain Of The fact, but il i generally
understood here that II Emlri"t descended III safety al
Courhcvoyc, about five miles from Paris.