Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-10-15

in the earth. The physical facts here sta
ted are as l saw themsfhe rationale of ex-
Iplosion is confirmed rom the known play
of electricity as divulged by the common
/ electrical machine experiments
A sToRN VIEWED FROM WITHIN ITs cmDRoS--
that Is, from within its yoffex, where the
Icloudvapor is driving upward to where it
spreads OUTS rather terrible thing:
ami the very fact that you are caught up
AN the midst Of one of natures laboratory
furnaces makes you feel resigned. and de-
termincd TO look to the end thereof Ii
may be only terrible because we are not
I'iscd to il; nevertheless, would not like
tosefitcf omsiagaihfof observstion until
science dictates, without doubt, that we
tare not liable to humiliation or serious
Lharn- The one now to be described Is
the result of trip in the midst Of local
storm Of SO limited dimensions as to have
no electrical oxplosionsIduring my passage
OF nineteen minutes within its BOSOM
This storm originated nearly over the town
tof Carlisle. Pa. on tho 18th of June,
1915. I eaFefsa il Just as il was forming.
| The nucleus clond above was just spread
ling as / cntcrcl the vortex unsuspecting-
ly. | was hurled into it so quick that !
had no opportunity Of viewing it's sur
rounding outside, and must therefore con-
fine this relation to its internal action
On entering it the motion of the air swung
the balloon to and fro. IA also around in a
~s- a
panied this unpleasant and sickening mo-
ton. and in few moments thereafter was
hear,l the falling of heavy rain below. re-
sombling in sound cataract. The cloud,
internally, was OF milky hue, somewhat
like dense body of steam in the open air,
and the cold was so sharp that my beard
became bushy with hoarfrost. As there
were no electrical explosions in this storm
during my Incarceration, it might have
been bons comfortable en,uy III but icr the
sea sickness occasioned by the agitatcd air
storm. Still / could hear and soc, and
even smell. everything close by and around.
Little pellets ofsnow with an icy nucleus
when brokan) were pattcring profusely
around me in promiscuous and confused
disorder, sndy slight blasts of wind seemed
occasionally TO penetrate this cloud lat
orally. notwithstanding there was an mp
moving column of wind all the while
This upmoving streapnN would carry the
balloon up TO point in the upper cloud,
whore its force was expended by the out
spreading Of its vapor, whence the balloon
would be thrown outward. fall down some
distance, then be drawn into the vortex,
again TO be carried upward to perform the
merevo!ntion until Ishaa gone throngh
the cold furnace seven or eight times; and
al this time the smell of sulphur. or what
Is now termed ozone. was preceptible, and
| was sweating profusely from some cause
unknown to me. unless it was from undue
excitement. The last time of descent in
this cloud brought the balloon through its
base. where, instead of the pellets of snow.
there was encountered drenching rain.
with n-hichsI came down into clear field,
and the storm passed on. This storm may
have been accompanied with electrical dis
charges after it left me. as it had the APP
pcarance of increase as it departed. may
here mention that tho people in the neigh
borlood informed Inc next day that it de
posted two parallel trains of hail some dis
lance apart. have frequeatly since and
before this occurrence witnessed storms
while up in the air, but great distance
I of, sometimes four or five OF them at the
same time in different parts Of the heavens,
and always in the months of May and Jnne.
and never accompanied with electrical ex-
plosions when they were small in dinen-
sions.
TacSpER STORMS, VIEWED FROM THE EARTH
have not the characteristic shapes lineated
!, 70 the eye of the observer as when viewed
sidewise from above. Neither does one
discover the two plates OF clouds joined in
comic sections. The upper cloud can be seen
rolling outward AMI black clouds below
centering inward. but the whole seems to be
nearly blended in one solid mass. BY
close observation and practice it will soon
he deduced that there are two plates OF
clouds, even as viewed from the EARTH
In watching clouds carefully from the earth,
il will be observed that vivid zig gag flashes
and heavy peals are followed by copious
showers. The rain-'lrops, being positively
! charged from the upper cloud. drop through
"a clear atmosphere, which is a non-conduc-
tor into the lower cloud, which is neg.
atively electrified; and if the shower is too
copious for the lower clouds capacity to
absorb it silently, explosions must follow,
in the same way as the Ley,len jar explodes
spontaneously when surcharged to over
lowing. Were it not Tor the lower cloud
and its negative condition. the surcharged
drops OF rain would scintillate their cleo
trical fire as they touched the earth.
Ihunder-storms rage more violently as
they pass over forests and moist places,
AID were it not for the deposition Of rain
as they pass along their tract. would exhib-
it a parchcd trail. A long drouth is ad.
verse to the generation of thunder storm,
and on the other hand moist earth is pro.
motive of one.
Thunder-storms are dsacctci from their
courses, as well as retarded in their move.
.ment, by friction on the earth. Ascend
ling from the earth with balloon in fhs