The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-25

Narrative OF Professor Wise's 232a and 233l
Aerial Voyages, made from LsKAy cite, In
diana, AugaAt 10 aad ~, 1850.

Narrative OF Professor Nise's a32a and 233d
Aerial Voyages, made from LskAy cite, In
diana, AugaAt 10 aad ~, 1850.
Before giving the details of this eria log will take
occasion to ssy that my experiments the West with the
balloon Jupiter intended TO be essentially
"xans continental" voyages, and for this reson-.he
balloon Is not big enough 10 make them, the local
or surface currents run he right way. balloon TO do
these things WITH mus. large enough carry her pas
tengers ami ballast when only half fail Of gas Ths viii
enable the air vessel 70 mount 70 height OF three
half miles without discharge Of gss AZ a. that altitude
the half died balloon will DO quite full py expansion rae
Jupiter mas, 10 all her fights, been filed from four afhs
TO her full capacity, and consequently compelled to
give out her gas oy the ssiesy valve whenever q
height above few thousand feet attained. some
newspapers have anmAdver.ed considerably uoon
Dy failing perform these trans trps when
nceoo, l never engaged 70 perform taem, except
ing wnh this proviso, that the local currents wouli
serve to do Ny object In these Western )erments
particularly instituted for the purpose OF invest
gazing the air interior, and m,ke exQe
for 1.-THE OF knowedge and its difYusoa
among men," and under these auspices provided
VINO unents from the very proceeds Of
bequealnea mis- substance IN accordance With the
qooauon
90 16h OF August, 1859, the Jupiter was Inflated
pear the gas works. in the city ofLatAyee, and at p
m enc WAS moved, unoer an escort OF Caotan Fooda's
n,afy company, and Sunday school excursionlsts and
vsners generally, in all not less thAn fifteen thousand
persons, towards the Court House square. When We
reached Main street became necessary
srsph wires. In the midst of ,ois dense crowd
Of orderly persons AND coutracted OF high
buildings, the balloon gg away from her ropes by
An accident not provided lori O., extra guy
ropes. The ascent very rap,d and I was without
my barome ter, compass and chart and without pro
vsons Knowing ioo that the tme for startDg nsd
arrived by nearly an hour, and the balloon not yet
photographed IN the square, ~ mentioned IN the pro
gramme, pulled fun valve, which checked after
attaining height Of 1000 600 feet. Ia coming down
lanoed in the mode OF street half miis from the
starting point, and waa In hands Of the military
under an eecort back 10 the square Here there NOS
ets than ~ goo people gathered and their midst
Jupiter was Photographed by three different artists.
sinding that the g was escaping fast, and feeling de-
sirous Of getting the balloon ouI OF the MIDST Of this
oeDse mass OF people, requested my to step ato
The car and sail her out Of town. He aacended several
skirts Of the town. From this point Mr.. Carleton had
the balloon lowed back TO the gas works Here had
TIE top OF her hauled down. aud discovered that Of
the three India ru springs had snapped, and flew
in under the valve clapper, causing the leakage
aforesaid This repaired, and with gas remaining
cay 1t was then announced that the voyage and
experiments should be made next day, at two O'Clock
At the 18th the Jupiter again ready. In
sted about three fourths full she carried with $50
pounds Of sand ballast, besides instruments provi-
s,ons. With good Smithsonian barometer. thermome-
and with paper prepared Of tue up
per sT, provided by Cnas. n. Wetneril, analytical
mist, started under very calm atmosphere at2P. "
precisely. When l reached the clouds and passed up
above Ihem short distance, smelled what Inferred
was ozone The barometer stood at twenty two and
though il ranged from ninety four degrees starting
sxy ak for the first two hours After scanning
in The clouds below and remaining poised xed IN spsce9
than all the while city OF Lafay eIe
made the following notes IN my log. book As never
VII IN this quote portion Of II written above, ind
Will designate those portions gu ,tatious:-
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Trends e.os wondered shy ~ss not going voyage
leaf sn outs e
sgn.ly m moton.revolvDg aovsnly TO and tro am
Below between he white asscy couds-rue enbems OF
u slsfy wss. =: k4sase
peculiar noises that puzzles me dcrminston Of The
asonsut Loosins ove' my car found myself s
here the test paper showed very slight signs of the
presence OF ozone, and smeI It sensiby grazsd
cloud in coming oo~n to barometer Of "a After mai
Descended to the owermost clouds, here discharged bal
lat and till the q The Wabash
nov presented the appearance OF crooked thread
log reads Shus-
II 5c.st make trip eos. viii make somewhere else
ca En % s.Dpy sSd
m. mare me rejniee in exclamation admiration lods
netime's laudsten oil thousand mtles trip.
Such were the cogiratoDs while standing in space
and mt me TO cay here, that cogita
lions break out into involuntary excavations. There
ID q physical cause for this. Tue animal sys:em ex.
pands unoer diminished atmospheric pressure Vita
me 1t never fails to produce exhiiarat alton The orla
becomes active, the blood crcuiates more rapidly,
the organs Of the five energetic and more
acuteand the mind becomes Illuminated ~ IL were OF
something that brings recollection the rapidly Of
lightning all the concomitants Of the subject passing
through it.
have frequently heretofore determined when sailing
through these peculiarly formed cloud elds which never
fail TO produce these exharaons me, publish the
full log OF EXPLANATIONS alterations that they bring
ioth with an nsuppressible spontauiey but my judg
ment ri ways forbade me when got down. After dc.
scenohg to the earth it Is ever folio wed languor thar
the other way.
prevent misunderstanding in this connection must
be explicit in saying that this occurs particularly
when sailing among. and above, those galleries Of
pmbus Clouds The study Of these clouds worthy the
particular attention OF the meteorologist. Their hab
and action, connected with the wonderful DO yer
they possers Of rejecting heat and their yerv
bathceIistc of fxedness tnroa around mystery
that tques explanation to the progress and PERFECTION or
the scieoce OF meteoroIoey.
after Teasing my eyes for while again the following
notes we're made:-"I don't where 90, the view Is
Here till barometer told 203 "Ftes are buzz.
Eng around me- they are sharp clipper looking animals
more go than the common house hy"
Here noticed that the rafting sound of the railroad
trAips IN motion came In vibrations like the vibratory
SOUNDS OF moam, ana would circulate like the rolling
pesls Of heavy thunder, and with reverDeraons that
eembled thunder 30 much that looked all around see
the storm, but there was "rhe beautiful ninbus
clouds ttood their PAGES like marble statues-ke ma
jesc sepripes around tee portals OF heaven az near
locomotive whistle ost plain though was oy nv
soe and yet cant discern the vestge Of below
bus couos felt occasionally agitation Of the atmos
pierre The flag would futer, and Jupiter would sway
tacE and forth upon its vertical They were slight
whirpoos, seemingly caused by focal reflection con
juncuve Clouds. could account for il in other way
soclocf IS miputes-Jus got through those sros
ae irels ba, put all experience at defiance alter shoveng
overheard nearly y Of balloon
CON peseiy filled oisteosop OF minutes previous
quite hsccd In her lover hemisphere and brough
nj q barometer OF IS 8
shouts cf people acknowledgements paper tinged
breeze futeiirg around bells juggling besw-vood
eho pins my head-my begin TO ache violently.
eett Of SOUTH will descend and what people are
thouts & SO for
Here came down, sixteen miles below lafayette 10
'he MIDST OF Grand Prare The people ocKed tcge-
tbsr-men, women and children. l gave them each
o &c Of bread, and distributed them ne sspapers
and pamphlets descriptive OF the mineral and medi.
cal properties Of the lafayette artesan water After
resting here about twenty minutes, / put the
air ship in baaDcsd trim, that IL Just GID.
ed over the top Of the prairie gyaes the people An
folo~ed IT, ~ slowly drfted along as common pace
until tipped out little sack OF to make II surmount
fence, and then the upsoAring Jupiter made most won
der stricken uptufned taces As the air ship assembled
waved the American flag and my prairie Audience. of