New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-20

>,o,;er, "a tAie yssrr Ssrsg my iIeNterator, might
have been home comfortably esssgA b.. for he ses
srkr.,, sceasoees by the ss,tsted an-sorm. Sun
eouN heu sDd zee, and even men, everything close
by and srusnd. Little pellets Of now with an icy
nucleus when broksn) were patterng profusey around
me in promstuous and confueed disorder, and Sigh:
bhvts Of wind seemed occ@ionany 70 penetrate this
cloud lstersly, bOtwi;h standing there was an upmov.
ing column Of wind Oh the while. This upmoving
stTeam would carry the balloon up TO point in the
upper cloud, where its force was expended by the
ourpreadng Of tie vspor, whence the balloon
would be thrown outward, fall down some
cttsnce, then be drawn into the vortex, again
to be carried upward to perform the came
revolution until had gone through the cold furnace
seven or sight times; and ali this tune the smel Of su
phur. or what is termed ozone. percep.ole,
and l w1 sweating profusely from some eause un-
known to me, unless It was from undue excitement.
The last time Of descent in hs cloud brought the bal
loon through s bsse where instead Of the pellets Of
snow, there was encountered drenching rain, With
which came down into q clear field, and tas storm
passed on. This storm may have been accompanied
with electrical discharges after IT ef me, as it had the
appearance Of inerease a. II departed. may here
mention that the people IN the neghborhood informed
next day thatt deposited tro parallel trains Of hail
some distance apart have frequently since aud be
fore this occurrence witnessed storms while up IN the
air. but great distance of sometimes four and FIVE Of
them at the same time in different paris Of the heavens
and always in the months Of May and June and never
accompanied with electrical explosions when they
ANAL ID dimeDsions.
T1undtr- Storms, Vieted from tie Earth, have not
the Characteristic shapes hneated 10 the eye OF the
observer, as when viewed sidewise from above. Nei.
tb or dos one discover the two plates 6 clouds joined
IN comic sections. The upper cloud can be seen rolling
outward and black clouds below eenterng inward, but
the whole to be nearly blended in one sold mass
By close observation and practice it will soon be de-
duced that there are two plates Of Clouds even az
viewed from the earth. In watching clouds carefully
from the es1h it viii be observed that vivid zigzag
fathes and heavy peals are followed by copious
showers. The rain-drops, being positively charged
from the upper cloud, drop through clear atmosphere
which is non-conduo'Or into the lower cloud, which
ia negatively electrGed and if the shower is too eop
Gus FOR the lower clouds capacity to absorb it silently
explosions must follow, in the same way ~ the Leyden
jar expodes spontaneously when surcharged to over
flowing. Were il not for the lower clou1 and it, mega
tive condition, the surchsPed drops Of rain would
scntillee their electrical fire they touched the
earth.
Thunder storms rage violently as they pass over
forests and moist places, and were it DOT for the depo-
sion Of rain they p.ss along their track, would
bibt parched trail. A long drouth il adverse to the
generation Of thunderstorm, and on the other hand
a moist earth is promotive Of one.
Thunder-stO are DETECTED from their courses, as
well az retarded in their movement by friction on the
earth Ascepdrg from the earth with balloon in the
rear of aorm and mounting up thousand feet
above it, the balloon will override the Storm and
may descend in advance of it. / have experienced
this several times.
have thus related facts which due TO science,
with a view to more accurate understanding of
the laws which govern them; and in order to spread
them broadcast before the investigating minds of the
dsy in this department Of science forward this
account to be published in your widespreadng Journal
should il meet your appreciation TO do 30.
LGneaiter, Pa. Feb, 1857 JOHN WISE