Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-10-31

! almost wonderful, for, Notwithstanding
his exertion, climbing in and out of the
rigging, lifting the sand bags and dis
charging nearly 2,0e0 pounds of ballast,
he was able to withstand the effects of
the atmosphere, and to save himself and
MS companion from being swept into
eternity. At the hight Of about FIVE
miles Mr.. Glaisher entered his last as
ceuding register, recording the temper
ature at minus So, being a temperature
about go below that at the earth sur
face. Mr.. Glaisher then found that his
eyesight began to fail, and he asked Mr..
Coxwell to assist him in reading the in
struments. Mr.. Coxwell however, was
wanted In the rigging to arrange some
of the cordage, and seeing that their
lives were more important than the dis
coreries Of science, he at once got into
the rigging Of the balloon to attend to
his ow n particular duties. Mr.. Glaisher
in the meantime was using his specta
cles and magnifying glasses, but he
could ascertain nothing except that the
barometer stood at about 10 inches.
which would indicate hight of ST
miles. He had previously felt himself
gradually becoming unconscious, asd
had made an entry to that effect in his
minute book; but when he attempted to
enter the registering Of the barometer
/ he found that he could not write
| Thinking a little stimulant would re-
vive him lie reached out his hand to a
brandy flask that was not more than a
foot from where he sat, but he discoy-
cred he was powerless and gradually be
became unconscious; the last OBJECT that
he saw was the dim outline Of Mr.. Cox
wells figure in the rigging of the bal
loon. Directly after this Nr. Coxwell
observed the condition of his compan-
ion. He states that Mr. Glaisher was
leaning back on his seat, his feet out
stretched, his mouth open, his arms by
his side, but his countcnance perfectly
calm. He descended into the car and
tried to revive him but could not, and
Mr.. Coxwell was also beginning to feel
symptoms Of faintness, and fearing that
he, too, might become unconsclous-for
the balloon was still rapidly ascending
he began to make preparations for
lowering the machine On attempting
to seize the valve string he found that
he had lost the use of his hands, and
that they were perfectly black. Fortu
nate!y, being a dentist as we'll as an
aeronaut, and believing in the power Of
his teeth, he seized the cord with his
mouth, and after desperate pull he
opened the valve, and the balloon began
to make its descent. In the course Of a
few minutes Mr.. Glaisher revived, and
by the time that he reached the earth
the effects Of his faintness had entirely
disappeared While Mr.. Glaisher was
unconscious Mr.. Coxwell happened to
cast lis eyes on the needle Of the amer
old barometer, and when Mr.. Glaisher
recovered he informed him Of its posi-
| tion. From this observation Mr.. Glai-
sher estimates that they attained hight
of fully six miles. At hight OF five
miles the mercury stood at minus So;
the self-registering Thermometer indi-
Gated that it had been as low as minus
200 or 250 below freezing point
Among tn, articles taken up in,the bal
loon was quantity of water, and until
they reached hight Of five miles Mr.
Glaisher kept it from freezing by occa
sionaliy stirring it with a small ladle.
When he recovered his consciousness
he found that the water had been frozen
into solid block of ice, and it remained
in this condition for more than an hour
and half after lie reached the earth.
Ozone Was observable in the upper at
M osphere. The atmosphere beyond the
clouds was extremely dry, and but for
this circumstance the cold would have
teen felt much more intensely.
The descent was made at 500 P. NJ,
in a field twenty-eight miles from
Wolverhampton. They telegraphed the
result Of their journey to W Wolverhamp-
ton, ahd the next day returned to that
place and started for London. Mr..
Glaisher states that each voyage had its
own particular feature, and considers
that before the British Association can
secure the object it seeks, it will De
necessary to make observations at all
seasons of the year, and he believes
also, that the most interesting Of those
observations will be obtained at hight
of about four miles
In one respect the balloon ascent
seems pretty conclusive as to the hight
at which it is possible for animal life to
exist. Had it OF been for the presence
of mind of Mr. Coxwell the voyagers
would have shot up into an atmosphere
SO thin that respiration could not be
sustained, and in the end the expansion
of gas would have probably burst the
balloon; or, if the safety valve had been
sufficiently large to allow for that ex-
pansion, they might have been carried
into space and numbered among the VIC
tins on the al:ar of science. Such a
fate, tn 3ugh, was not in store for them;
a guiding Providence allowed them to
descend in safety.
The ascents of Gay Lussac and others
for scientific purposes sink into COM
parative insignifcance with the half-a-
dozen voyages that have been made by
Mr.. Coxwell and MIR. Glasher Gay
Lussac attained an elevation Of over
four miles. In the first ascent from
Wolverhampton Mr.. Coxwel and Mr..
; Glaisher reached an elevation of four
miles 1855 yards; second ascent from
Wolverhampton, four miles 700 yards;
third ascent from Wolverhampton, six
miles. The same gentlemen, from the
Crystal Palace, have reached attitudes
of three miles 200 yards, one mile 667
yards, and one mile 5O4 yards.
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