New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-10-27
A Balloon voyage In England.

u me editor Of the Newcastle {England) Daily
e"ioihcie accompanied Mr.. Coxwell in one Of his
@Seeh's lately. He thus describes his aerial voy-
age: -
Inc sensations Of the aeronant a,a ~ ~, ,,os.
and inspiring character and must impress
w an almost devotional feeling any mind capa
calm ~ st Isg m tS oy the beauty q The
movement, the bright light, the pure ar "nd tha
magnlflcent area OF vision, make IN ann ~ 1,Iao
sure sur which no pen can possibly describe. We
are now about six Thousand feet above the earth y
says Mr.. CoxweH in the coolest pozsihie nssrrs,
and at the same moment pop's goes 4 ho4sie ~
ginger beer-for few bottles Of & poDn IA half
q, dozen biscuits were the whole cornrisseFiat ~
the commander OF our aerial vessel. The cream
stance was Immediately explained, for M Coxvel,
Is scientific gentleman, not mere balloouiGf
and we had brief lecture on the fact that5 fhee
pressure OF the atmosphere having been removed.
the carbonic acid gas in the bottle had had less
resistance to contend against, and had consequent
ly gone Off" The lessened weight Of lie an
was at that moment manifested in MANY interest
ing modes, some of which we noted Our finger
ends, nose tip and external ears tingied al Albert
Smith relates is always the case in the journey to
the summit Of Mont Blanc. The internal paris Of
the ear were affected in the reverse manner to that
experienced in the descent Of the diving hell. As
the depth OF the water became greater we re1nef1-
Der suffering considerable Inconvenience from the
pressure to the air in the bell upon the tympapum
or drum Of the ear, which was only relieved when
the ar contained within the drum escaped BY the
eastachian tube; but here up in the atmosphere
6OOO feet, the air within the chamber Of the ear
had expanded, owing to the pressure on the out
SIDE OF the tymRanam having been removed; and
bling yawning (Which is practised BY person used
to diving bells), the eustachian tube which con-
meets the back Of the throat with the internal ear
was opened, and allowed portion Of the expand
| ed ar to escape. The pulse was beating e. and
no cold was experienced, though the evening Was
chilly in the lower regions.
One of the most striking phenomenon we noticed
was the echo from the earth. After calling out
over the side of the ." Where are we?r 5aed,f,,
three seconds elapsed before ne land beneath Knocked
us by a distinct repetition. The experiment was
several times repeated at various attitudes, and the
Tune eiapslng between the shout and the echo
Afforded rough idea Of the distance Of the balloon
from the earth below. Shortly after rising into the
air, Mr.. Coxwell completed every provision for de-
scent by hanging out his strong graphing iron and
arranging the bags OF ballast 80 as to be ready for
| immediate use. He then folded his arms sat back
in his seat and became as enthusiastic on the de-
| lights OF the nrostati0n as the newest CONVEX,
might have been expected to be, from time to time
noting the rate at which we were travelling and tbe
distance still left between us and the sea. To tes
whether we were ascending or descending IA ahee1
of the Daily Chronicle was torn into small pieces
and thrown out. Marvellous to relate, they ap
peared to drop down from us like pieces az metal.
we say appeared, for the motion was ours !; Ne
were ascending rapidly and leaving the scraps Of
| paper behind us. We met with them again otter
wards, and overlook them before they reached the
earth. The valve was pulled and fresh scraps Of
paper thrown out: We were descending, for the
signals were left behind in the upper air; by No
other means could we know that the aerial vessel
was going up or down. Down, still down. The
hay and corn stacks, whose tops had hitherto Onlv
looked as large as the end Of our pencil, wers
| growing larger; we could see the wheat sheayes
in some of the fields. Where are we y, came
back as quick echo; but we got an answer also
| from distant voice, louder than the echo reply.
| ing, Not far from Hilton Bridget The inform
ant was invisible; and at the moment we overlook
the paper we had first thrown out, and passed the
signals in our downward incline.
Shouts Of people, yet invisible, reached us, but
we rapidly neared the ground, and slight vibra.
ton few minutes afterwards told us that the
graphing iron had touched the earth. 9ya