New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-04-18
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bodies. and races a. vel, ~ individuals. Hithsr
to. our species has been passing through the early
stages Of its development The lower instincts
have been prominent bot symptoms multiply
Of an approaching change - indications that
the higher faculties Are preparing to barst iato
life, and the summer Of our history 10 open. No
bier and truer views of human destiny are obtain
ing pledges that beautiful. bsnignant hesv.
emily ScIKSsE shah wave her scepter wherever
the demons Mars and Bellons have reignsd-that
her hsndmsids THE AIRS. shaIl exssed her peaceful
dominion from pole 10 pols, and nsss highest sne'-
ioa b In blessing instead Of butchsrns biz brother
Nations are about to strive with ussess b eon9sssts
over Nature. Her unsxpiored realms are 10 b nvs-
isd and priority Of discovery rewarded With issre's
uns,sinsd BY tear and such ~ angels might eovss to
| earn
But will man ever dyi VIII be realize The means Of
srsversius the stmospherst rensisasy believe that
be will. believe 90 because there are no limits 10
Science and none 10 lie applications 10 Ars whst
ever 10 not lnconsisteut with Nature sstaiaaele What
abe does be ean do-s expected to do-ln time wil Do
The earth 10 her laboratory and her pupils. All
her fcrrs motions and processes are given us TO sudy
and initiate. They calculations Of principles and
applications Of forces placed ~ dssposs Every
element and influence 10 - ready 10 obey % whsa
called into activity By herself she has no pewsrs
which We may not WELD no secrets that nay nos
huS out All that she hath che has given us and ~
those who believe IN her Ill things are possible.
dare say many ~i exclam No The talk is TOO
tall for them. But ,helr denial nsusht Timid soals
like theirs in the Of Cfvilisston's To-
sions but rather hang like suffers In the rear and
wait ill pioneers open the way. Without faith IN
great things no wonder they never accomplish svsa
little ones.
By ARTIFICIAL devices man already rivas In speed the
swiisst Of creatures and In whatever medium they
move he has found out the means ~ wish them. BY
steam be travels without effort over the ground ard
faster than the hectest quadruped His marine char
lots leave the inhabitants OF the behind thsn.
and when he lists be dives into the deep and eorsks.
builds up walls from the bottom. Who then viii g.
sert that the principles BY which blrds ascend IN one
duid are not legitimate subjects Of Investigation and
appliance ss those BY which hshss i've and move In A.
other There To- indeed something repulsivs 10 cur
feelings 10 submarine explorations. whether madsin
or out Of diving bells but not - regards aerial 10
connection. Why 10 thisf 0bvioasy, bsesuse man 10
Native Of the air-i 10 his proper element True hs
placed the bottom Of the atmospheric Ocean, but
what Of that For him 10 rss smsl elevations In 10
may be difficult. but 10 more incompatible with phi
osophy than for piscstoria groundugs occasionally 10
ascend In the denssr auid they nhahit There 10 no
absurdi,y in supposus tina, he will some day overtaks
the Inhabitants Of the cir In their rssious-thst
though winsess he will become soaring being, ply
scaiy q veil ss Intellectually.
believe that every medium. liquid. aerial ETHEREAL
10 ,hrongsd with bsings enjoying ifs-thss Gods
omy such that not atom be iost nor an atone
space be unoccupsd. Whatever inhaitesimsl orgss
sms deish. themselves In tho upper strata Of a.
nospbers, We Gee that the larger Of sarths winged
creatures cannot reach them Birdie permi ted
like shss rise to the surface OF the they In
Nearly s fly low and 90 must msn, eecause Of ths
rapid dimnunon Of density upward. Tue higher he
mounts the heavier he becomes and necessarily vii
require larger expenditure of sustaining power. what
ever that may be-
By what device 10 he to pursue his way through the
thin expAnset By Balloons | may Do mistaken. bat
think not nree-fourths OF century expended on
experiments without rssalts--wthout advancing one
ssep evolving sngls new idsa on the subject 10
sign hcsnt SILL II 10 not conclusive. AZ far - buoy
sncy and sailing with the wind desirable, they may
be s.rvicesbs but the worss IT, tho features which
thess qualities depend render their propulsion ell but
hopeless Could they b iupslisd without being iosd
msbt come into use a. transporting vehicles yet how
this 10 to be done except by drilling docks Of sronS
soaring birds TO hy In traces doss mot appear The d
meEsions of one merely suhhcisnt 10 take up man,
make IL impossible TO control IL BY any muscular pow
possesses while every pound he carries up With
him adds TO the difficulty BY requiring increased
~ ss md most %
. much lighter gas than hydrogen be discovered, % .
motive agent condensed than any current orcs DO
employed with apparatus for using SURPRISING In
Isvl,y what has hitherto been tredh 10 not too much
70 assert that those who 70 up In balloons Will continue
70 10 whrled hisher and ththe, the sport OF every
wind they meet with-snd not only whittier they know
no, but often whittier they wish not
do not think balloons have much IN them ~ travel
log chsrots that Nature can sanction, and certain IT,
without her approval they must continue TO b iistis
else than showy sosp-bsbbss. Always ready 10 be
consulted, let US inquire Of her We approach and
make known our wishes. She smles and pointing 10
her collections sends forth to obssrvs sssurng as
that what seek 10 therethat the riddles which puz
ale US are solved. We scarcely begin TO peer about
ere idea nvades and ripens into conviction -
proceed Ae pos~s u ssspsssSs sSf praSrssfeH
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cut class for each OF these purposes. Now. this BE-
soiE regards aerial locomosioa che has mot devils
ted from the supposed rule then may safely be a.
serted that what she has not attempted man cen never
accomplish IL would therefore be we'll tor those who
devote themselves 70 the subject OF Tying 70 Initiate
those old settlers Who resolved TO follow Gods lsws
ill they had leisure to make bettsr-t stick 70 Wfngs
or devices analogous 70 them.
Perhsps 1t will be ssksd-snd tbs question l. fsir
one-Is there not Ia sirblsdde OF fshes, By the con
traction and expansion Of which many OF thess csea
tures ascend and descend In the world Of vstsrs
resemblance 70 bsloonsf There Il, yet Il IL but little
nor would IL be much the sscsnsions powers VI
the aftibcfM mscninoe euBmoot1a sbo oosisssnc" W
the same way The specific gravity Of fishes 90 nesr
y that Of the nud they swim 10 that their bsioonsh
the organs named DO considered such-beR . very
small proportion ths dimensions Of their bodies, and
even 10 their propelng organs whereas IN the human
device these inss reversed and the dispropoSton
sveled beyond eli bounds They are ell bladder.
There are however, true balloons IL the lower tribes
and where one would least expect TO Ind them VI
those notorously clever and bold arsists-spdsrs--
some are Known take aerial excursions and q greet
Gle atioas too Without natural instruments Of Hight
they would III adapted 70 - any OF sefshs
crestures Jet IL that Ingenious and snssrpfsins
individuals have been observed pinnstles, IN nns
weather. 10 eject buoysnt threads that bore shsn up
among unsuspsctng clouds Of gnsss Wills oshsrs hsvs
been Known 10 psss by tho same nssns from oae prsc
pcs TO another when currents Of air. Tor which tnsy
waited, favored the voyage Probably mssy oshss
wnsless beings adopt similar mssns 70 viss tss upper
regions. AN
Such examples are ., best but drfng Ike balloons.
seeds Of numerous plants In atmospheric curseo.
For 70 progress without references 70 them snd IN
any determined direction through tho ornament 10
quite another problem One whose solution hes, think.
been sought In the wrong directioa IL u nsthsr sQs
tsinlng nor progressive mechanism thst 70 wanted.
much a. . Light portable and efficient motor Realize
d and Tying accomplished Bet this psper ID slrsedy
too long. the subject Of motive forces must -
left for another, Fnno
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