The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-10-22

Tho editor Of tho Newcastle (Eng.) Ddily
Cl,pnicic accom- panied Mr.. CoxwkLL in one of
hts ssccnts ls'ely. lie thus describes his mriAl
VOYAGE
The senss,ions ot the aeronat are Of the most de-
hghtiul ard insIarlng charsiter, and must impress
With an almost dcvOtlpnsl feeling any mud ca,,Abs
of bing moved by the Ocauty of nature. The calm
stiffness, the aba Uf the slightest of mrvo
ncnt, the bright light the pure air, and the m>gu,h.
cent ara Of vision, mako mp rin of peAsuro which
no pen can pcsmhly describe. 'wo are now about
OOO feat above the earth," says Mr.. CoNwnI., In
the coccst possible manner, and ct the moment pop"
goes bottle " g- ger bserfor few bottles Of "pop
and half Q DOZEN liscnir were tho whole somuissa-
riat Of the commander Of our aerial vessel. Tho
Circumstance was immediatoly sxpained, Tor Mr..
CoSwnL IL . scientific gentleman, not mere bal
loonlst and we had brief lecture the fact that
the pressure VI the atmos phoro having been removed
the carbonic acid gas In the bottle he'd had less
sstsDce 70 contend against, and had consequently
:. a..gone OF" The lcascned weight ofthe air was rt
that moment manifested In many intorcstlng modes,
some ~ which VIC noted. Our finger ends, nose tiTs
and external ttngied, hinxhr sNrru roat,sta
A~ays the oe In the journey to the summit "r Mont
Blanc. The internal parts u the car wero affected
Ia tie reverse manner to that experienced In the do
sceut of the diving toll As the d"rth q tho water
grcatrr,wo rumember Suffering Considerable In
nicncc from the pressure ~ tho cir In the bel
upon the tyinpanum or drum II the car, which was
| only relieved when the sir contained within the
drum escaped by the c,stscbiAn tube; but herr
up In tie atmosphere 0OO feet, the air within the
chamber of tho car had expanded, owing u the pres
%a ss S 70. . iy.s ~ sSsn
:
ment nseinbling yswnlna (Which IL practised by
Terns used to diving bels), tho eustschiau tube,
which cnn cts the back Of ths threat With tho inter-
nal ear vas nisnsd, and allowed portion of the
p.nded air n escape. The pulse beating IS, ard
no cold was experienced, though tho evening was
chilly in the lower regions.
Que Of the mot sinking phenomena wo noticed
Vas the echo frcm the Garth. After calling out
u 9 side of the 'whefe arr wef" nrdrI IN three
seconds elapsed bcforc the land beHath pockcd us
By disfintt rspefition. Tho experiment WA sew
era times repestcd Al various attitudes aud the tmo
osysibg between the shout and the echo Afforded :
rough Id,A Of tto distance u tho baloon from tha
urih bclov. Shortly after rising into tho air, Mr.
C"x~rL completed every provision for descent, by
hanging out his strong graphing iron, and srrang
ing the bags Of ballast, tn DO ready for immo-
dist US. lie then folded biz arms sat back in his
| sat and bccame ~ Enthusiastic on tle dolishts o
~ CITATION As the nowcst convert might have been
expected to bc from time u time noting tho rate
| 81 which wefo travelling, aud tho distsnco still
| let between un and the sea- To test whether wo
we're Sccnding or desc ndug, sheet II tho DAILY
ChDOHiote WA torn into small piocsS and thrown
/ ont Marvellous to rvlste, they appe,rrd TO drnI
down fr'im us like pieces ~ metal we say appear
| ~, for the m,tion our-; nding rs
Ii aud leaving the scraps of paper behind rs. W,
| met with tnom again afterwards, and overlook
| them before they reachod tho earth. Ths valve VA
pulled and fresh scraps Of paper thrown out We wer,
| cessnding, for tle signals uee lot bohind In th'
upper aiI; by no other could We know that IT,,
| STial vessel WAS going up or down Down, stil
| down. The hsy snd csrh stacks, whose tops hal
hitherto only iroked ~ lsrBo ~ tho end of our pen
/ oil, ~srr growing lsrWr: We could 80 tho whe.
| shss.-s Ia some Of tho folds "wheTe arc ~,f'
| came back quick echo, but va got ali Answer
also from db ttnt voice, Oudrr than tho aoho, shct
| replied, "kb lar from Hilton Badgo" Tho intor
mst WAS invisible, and OF tho moment We osortol J.
l the Isper We had INST throsn out, and lazsod tn
| sgnA's In our d,'~n~srd Inc Inc.
~ ota o' people, y.t iny,s,lhe, reached US, but "
raj IDLY nesi ed tho ground and eight vibration
fes minut.e alters ards tJd US that the grapphn
| iron lad touched the earth.