New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-16

This ,ppora us will serve no, ony 10 keep NE party
warm bet 20 hsat cefee, spi perform such operations
IF minor cookery may desirable. OF course
no FIRE viii b. used abou. the machine.
The boa, which hangs twenty feet below the car,
!. Francis Metallic Lifeboa. thirty feet ia length,
sev,n g, b. sn and four fee, in depth Thi. boa. Is
p-oviee 70 be used in Of such descent q tao
s.bi,s unop .he w,t.r should rerdr il necessary
to cuta,sy the balloon ami depend entirely upon
other means Of accomplishing the voyage. This
euerr.rcy. although thus provided agsiost, Is enare-
10 rr,n,,cp.,ed by Mr.. Love, who "a convinced that
HI; nsrbir. will sn.tain itsef in mi-air for hun.
5,ed 3s,. # necessary 10 the boat is fixed an ap.
pa,ntus invented by Nc. Lowe, and designed |, make
~. MACHINE rise or lover at will, wthou. the eI-
psudi,u,e of b,last 10 accomplish the one or gas 70
commas the other effect Toe apparatus con 10" oia
propeller on the principle Of the screw, which IS hied
!, the bow If the is.-boa st srge OF Az twenty
fans ra6ste from wheel az the extremity OF ms pro
;eo,pe shaft. each fan being five feet IN iensth and
widening erainaly from the point 81 con,sc' WIN Inc
sbe 10 The extremity Of the fan, where u 10 Que ana
b.lff.et vide BY setting this series OF isns IN mo-
ton. Mr. Lowe CLAIMS that he can eAeH Al
eleystipg or depressing poEer sqnsi W 'Vo
hounds on the macbioe. The wheel Is 10 D.
worked by an Ericsson Caloric Engine wnen I"
plsced in the middle OF the boat, anu "h'en |" -
Ias an, .bs IA, wheel can be made 10 execute its
rsv,.Iu,;ors with great rapidty. Mr.. Lowe thinks
h., ,b;. wheel win aso obv,ts the tendency OF tho
machine 10 rotate lior sll balloons have resu'ar
rotary motion), and keep it fore and alt. l. tues"
mechanical appliances work with the hopedior CO
taioty il will be very easy go TO nauage the aI-SP
by raising or lowering as TO keep 1t constantly .ne
fsvor;re currents. When it il copsidered thas
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balloon is so decatey poised IN the air that oes
or hounds of ballast could have the ehec, OF causing
this immense balloon of $50 fees dia meter 10 Use no"
Ia surface to the hghtof2 OF miles, 1t may % easy
seen Of wi at immense value is an apparatus oy WINCH
can be instantly exerted an elevatipg or depressing
influence equal to 300 pounds OF ballast IL Mr' loves
invention be found to answer this end he viii have done
more TO utilize baooDng than all the eIperihehefs Oh
the lat fifty years One of the greatest obstacles 70
practical serial pavga alton has been the mpossibiy
ofcrrying sufi Gent supply of gss and ballast regu
late the elevation OF the balloon for longer period
tb,n few hours both the gas and the ballast being
soon expended and the aeronsut compeedto descend.
ANY apparatus, therefore, which will render tue reg
ul,on of the accents and descents feasible without
the expenditure of ballast and gas, will remove tbs
greatest difficulty in the way Of long serial voyages
The engine 10 work the fan is Of four-hsre power,
and its connections are arranged that shoaid ie
becoue necessary to take to the water 1t can be used
to turn PADDLE wheels, which are affixed to the he
boat after the manner of ordinary stesmoosts. The
boat i, also fitted with mast and sails, with pro-
visions water nautical rstu nents, and fuel for the
engine all of which o. packed in water tight cases,
and securely to the boat that in case Of an
unlucky cspsize they would not be lost.
There is also an Indiaiubbsr folding life boat on
board the airship to be employed in any emergency
which may srse rendering il useful.
From the stern of the boat Projects propeller,
similar to the in the bo~ though OF much smaller
Dimensions being only four feet in diameter, which is
to assist in keeping tho craft straight ana 10 COUNTER
acting the rotary motion.
Mr.. Lowe has also devised another expedient tor
managing bis machine a, low elevations without OK.
pending his ascending power or his ballast. He has
provided tao large copper buoys of the weight Of
100 pounds and 200 pounds respectively. These are
to be filled with condensed gas which can be pro.
jeotsd into the globe by Of forco.puWp, to
compensate for sny lose Of gW by leakage.
This force-punp hss however, q d. ubls action, and
answers well TO pump gas from the globe into the
condensers to force it from the condensers into the
globe The practical value Of this arrangement will
be obvious when it il explained that the gas which
is forced into the globe from the condensers, mme-
dately expanding, adds much 10 the ascending
power while if the balloon is attaining too great
hight and it is desired to descend the abstraction Of
certain quantity of the gas from the globe reduces
the ascending power and the same gas which, ex-
panded in the globe served elevatng force when
compressed into the condensers, acts ballast and
the machine descends. This very beautiful in theory,
but /. yet remains for Mr. Lowe to determine by ac-
tus experiment whether the practical working will be
equally admirable.
But there is si another TO which Il is proposed
to put these copper cOndensers. They are buOyant
ard will float upon the water, and they to be at
tacbed ahousand Of rope MORE that they may
be thrown overheard and towed after the ship, when
sailing water if thought desirable. For instance,
if the effect Of night dews of rains upon the bal.
loon should to descend to the surface Of
the water Of the buoys attached to it's rops could
be thrown over-the balloon, being lightened Of 100
pounds weight would ,ocourse instantly rise until the
full length Of the rope taut, when being unable
to raise the buoy, che would sail along the
face Of the water the buoy being towed after Then,
when the rays of the morning should dry the ma
chine and The balloon should recoverts wanted buoy
arcy, it would again be sufficiently buoyant to rse,
bearing with it the buoy which would be hauled on
board again. II is thought that in the Of avoring
local currents, this kind OF nearthesurface aerosts
ton may be practiced with success. Another nven
ton of Mr. Lowe is what he calls q Sounding
line" which is line mile long, or even longer,
with weight at the end, ard with light ribbons or
flags fixed at short distances along its whole length.
This is to be depended from the car, whom by
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