The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-24

AERIAL NAVIGATION.
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Lecture % '-Ae Palace Garden By Pre-
fossor John Wise.
e0'"-e was delivered, ON Tuesday evening, BY
rroesor Vice. the well known baloont, upon his fa.
vorte topic, In the spacious hall adjoining the Palace
Garden, on Fourteenth street. Not large audience
IN attendance, but ii made up in intelligence what
lacked 10 numbers, and throughout the evening evidently
warmly sympathized In the merorious object o. the lee
turer.
Among the notabiles present I. CArlncour Lowe,
who was extensively advertised last fall to make an
aerial voyage TO Europe but from various causes failed
to 60 up He informed reporter, however, that his
arrangements for the purpose ali perfected and
that within few weeks, soon the weather was
settled the deferred would certainly take
place.
Prof. Wise was introduced by Mr.. De Forrest and COM
meoced by saying that he had chosen select subject
for his lecture the fact that he had small and select
audience 70 address would not deter him from speaking
freely and fully - crowded house present TO
greet him. The art Of navigating air yet in iH
infancy and Notwithstanding there estate above
which invited 70 take the wings OF the wind, and
fly to the uttermost parts Of the EARTH I. which
must encounter many difficulties before IL could be
brought TO perfection. Though NOT than three quar-
tiers Of century have elapsed since the FIRST experiment
made with aerostatc machine, comparing
It's progress with the advance OF other TO which the
world indebted for It's prosperity, baloonng is half
century ahead Of the age; II the spirit of mechanical
progress necessarily requisite to high attainment Of
scientific principles keeps pace with the onward march OF
intellect no believed that the time would come when our
children would travel any part Of the globe at the rate
Of hundred miles hour. In such view the art
stands out in prospective grandeur, worthy Of the most
ardent application Of genius the support OF both the
nation and the individual Something more, how
ever, than experiments Of few hours
duration was necessary to inspire the public
with confidence in the art. That the air Ia
Davigabe Ia longer 10 be denied It's practical
bity only rs generally useful art is simply doubted
Steam, the agent which has revolutonzed the moral
and commercial world within present century, might
have remained what in the beginning the present
day, had not Fulton demonstrated utility by build
ing steamboat and propeing up the Hudson at the
rate Of four miles hour. So with aerial nAviga ton
something more wanting than mere theorizng bring
10 that state Of perfection which art science and the
genius Of race demands So far a. the navga-
ton Of the air Ia concerned has already been
strsted that there current OF air constantly moving
hundred miles an hour, according TO lis height from the
earth. In my own experience have found ,his
TO- be iaSs without what may be called
Charles Green, Of England, who has maize more
than five hundred asceDsons has in his own experience,
repeatedly verified the Same fact
The lecturer here read statement from Mr. Green,
showngtbe different attitudes 10 which he found this west
req to the na~al systematic calculation the air. and
said the S6cents must have been we'll acauanted
with the subject for in the chapter OF Eccesia tics
sixth verse; is recorded, "rhe goeth towards the
north and turneth about towards the south wheeleth
continually, and the wind re,urnetb again to It's
well known to meteorologsts that q. the
equator there was zone about hve hundred miles ia
from east 10 west Being always under q vertical sun
this air becomes FAIRFIELD goes In northwest directoo
ra, 70 :ue - S S,sts ao eday mere
proceeds to the torrid where per.or it's unend
ing circuit Between the parallels thirty and sixty there
fore was feasible at all times to sail from east
30 that balloon 10 leave the city Of New York,
could, by rising and falling 70 accommodate itself to
the different currents wouo encounter, 20 North
Europe, directly in the latitude 10
which started to FRANCE Spain; or, taking still
lower current the voy sger might sail down uSon Con
saDtDople the coast Of Africa In his own expert
ence the lecturer said that only during
the last twenty Jour years had he failed Immediately
reach this westerly current and be usually found
altitude Of from 1--WE TO ten Thousand feet That
was last August, when ascending from St Lonis they
east Subsequent ascension however, from the city OF
Laay et,e for the express purpose had the
fact that the current was there and could all
found, though from multiplicity Of csuses hal pre-
vioDs)y failed 10 eeceDd into IL. He station
therefore, in saying toa crcrm mundane feat Of the
that II was necessary should be accomplished before
The subject Of air navigation could be laid before the
this object was balloon from one hundred and atty
TO two hundred and fifty feet in diameter, though
Tor q mere voyage to Europe, of from eighty
to hundred feet would bs angle in liz
powers and proportion The later woad require about
$500 yaros Of linen, and would possess carrying csps
city OF six toDs 10 botn cases seaworthy should
be attached to the and contain all the
necessary for the emergency should the balloon fail
expansion balloons that at the time OF starting thew
should not be than half filed with hydrogen
altitude of three and half miles the balloon became
completely distended Such 10 the effect Of the atmo.
sphere At these eres. attitudes that an apple, wrnkled
and corrugated upon the earth, at height of two
bait miles becomes ne smooth and plump Z fruit 10
full bloom upon the tree. Even the human body
expands when thus elevated and be had himself expert
epced the powell sensation Of having every line aad
wrinkle removed from his face appear smooth to
the touch he boy. In reference TO the sepsa
experienced balloon voyagers they psrtook Of the
eame change which marked everything these
aerial heights The circulation OF the blood Is increased
Impressions are more vtvid ana In bis the lee
upon the neent,su oouDrV Sens.,h MIN ,Sas eans
impossible TO restrain his ejacuAsory devotion to
works Of nature The time required reach the Continent
Of Europe would vary With the character current In
which the balloon allowed 10 progress might move
at rapioty Of hundred miles, rate Of only
thirty miles an hour but taking the of about
fifty miles, the voyage would probably consume moro
than sixty hours. Were the attempt made to crcun-
navigate the globe with larger snip, it might occupy
Professor Wise spoke IN an entertaining strain upon
the SUBJECT Tor about an hour covering broad ground
TO which mere sketch like the present canDoi do justice
In the OF bs remarks he referred many interest
ing incidents IN hts and the experience Others the
improvements which had taken place In the sioce the
early experiments upon IT, and concluded by eloquent
appeal in favor Of aerial navigation important TO the
military scientific and commercial interests Of the world
Systematic Ballooning.
THE CIRCULATION OF THE ATNOsPHERE-ITs RE-
SOURCES.
10 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
Franklin said Of balloon: "It's born child; We
don't know what may to-" And we say the child
must learn to crawl before be expected walk and
The child would probably be for
time than is usually the case, not taught 30
early that is position upright one-that could
learn to balance it's body well pedals nearly
the QuadYupeds four So Also knowledge OF