Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-08-04

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barras-ment. Professor Andrews
brought her head to the wind, aud
elevating the bow by moving with
bis companion to the rear end of the
car, the ATeon moved upon the
back track at an angle of about four
degrees, passing almost directly over
her starting point. The wind at this
time, was blowing gently N. N. +.
The bow was now turned in that di-
rection, and headway was made for
several miles against the current.
When at an elevation of about 1900
or 1900 feet, the gas in the aerestoid
expanded so as to press the silk
firmly against the netting, and de-
prive the band used to depress the
upper surface Of its power in that re-
spect. This resulted in the failure
Of all further efforts of the aeronauts
to tilt either end Of the aerestoid, and
their being once again at the mercy
of the wind, which, luckily for them,
blew gently. At an elevation Of
5000 feet which they had attained
in about twenty minutes, they found
themselves in an atmosphere of per-
feet calm. Underneath them tilmy
clouds foated in direction contrary
to that in which they had been GO
ing; this was the current through
which they had just passed. Over
head was still another current, bear
ing light clouds slowly onward.
Downward toward the eastern hori-
zon great banks of clouds lay piled,
one above the other, like mountain-
Gus banks Of snow, unfathomable,
and apparently of endless extent.
These DR.. Andrews describes as be-
ing of wanderful, and from their i'm
mensity, awe-inspiring beauty. At
this time, owing to the drifting
clouds below, the earth was only Wis
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perfect observation enabled the aero
nauts to see that, contrary to their
expectation, they were still moving
toward the northeast, while tho
clouds below them were moving
south southwest. The valve was
now opened and a descent of about
1000 feet effected, and the stratum
of clouds passed through, showing
the voyager the waters of the Sound
beneath them. AT first, doubtful of
their ability to control the vessel,
having, as stated, found that they
had lost the tilting power in the up
per region, they concluded to cross
the Sound, and land somewhere be-
yond it. On making further exper-
iment, however, they found that with
the escape of the gas just made, the
vessel had recovered somewhat of
its fatness on the upper surface, and
that she was now more manageable.
In proof Of this her head was turned
homeward again, and more gas emit
ted, when, to the satisfaction of the
voyayer>, she slowly descended on
an incline plain in the islands direc-
ton.
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