The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-06-01
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Tbe second ol the tao great proh-
lams q the undertaking i laop Is http
taa balloon an direct course Caesa
her is uot by any mcans q victim to \
.bs,lel in balloon navigation. u iaes
Be has "a perfect eoatemal fJr Ills bai
Icon. considered as an nl ship. and
says /, is good or aotLine bui tor the
purposes . scientific observation. A
Hal31a, lie SAYS, 3 far from beag
ship Is NOT even q bu5y let loose iram
It's mornings for 8 baoY a1l dn TIE
surface. bu; The neiial sea has no SUR
face A balloon says tLs Professor is
a jelly hsh Immersed in a hnid BY
whose every current il IS helplessly ear
ried to and fro; the jeBy fish makes Zee.
bic efforts % direct itsonn course, with
about as much success asthose Of a bal
loon. How, then, is NJ Cheyalier to
know when be ascends from Laud-
manu's Parg next July whether hc Is
about 20 cross the Atlantic ocean or tie
Pacific? The answer is, that though
Cheyalier does not believe in balloons.
he does believe ID currents Ia every
ascent during bis long career, lie says,
be found on reaching an altitude any
where between 5000 and 10000 feet
that the wind was invariably from the
west or rather from the northwest,
however way the Wind was blowing
near the ground; in each Of his lG5 as
cents he found a northwest current in
the upper atmosphere. Chevaher be-
lieyes this current to be discovery of
his own, and it is for the glory Of es-
tablishing bis theory, rather than OF
sailing three or four thousand miles oy-
er the water, (which he regards quite
an every day affair that he undertakes
his balloon voyage from North Ameri-
ca to Europe.
THE GUIDE ROPE
He will be greatly assisted in deter
mining the actual course which his bal
loon may be at any time pursuing by
tue rope suspended from the car, de-
scribed as above As the rope, when
touching the water, will always drag in
the rear, it will only beneccssary to OBJ
serve its direction by the compass and
that OF the balloon itsolf is at once in
Idicated Another eqnally important
determination which the guide rope
viii afford, and which viii not bo at.
tainable by any other means, viii be the
distance at which the balaon is from
/ the Immediate surface Of the earth at
any time when the view is obstructed
/ by clouds, foe, o. darkness The ba-
romotor affords Information only rs TO
4 tic hight above the mean level Of the
sea, aud without the warming given by
the guide rope, the balloon might at
any time, when sailing too low, be dash
/ ed against mountainous waves; and,
owing TO the velocity with which il
would be moving On the wings Of a
storm, such a soock would be fatal
rnAL PREPARATIONS ron THE VOYAGE.
Mons. Cheyalier may be seen almost
any morning quietly at work putting
the finishing touches on his balloon at
/ Landmanns Park Ho is a quiet, I'M
obtrnsivo, yet propose essing yonng man
OF 33 years, Of darl, complexion with
black hair and mustache. He las a
large and kindly black eye, and coun-
tenance that impresses one that its own
er is a stranger to physical fear, He
conyerses and writes in excellent En-
elish, and French, German and Rus
sian as well. He is very communica-
tive and entertaining in calculating bis
plans and theories He has not yet de-
termined as to how many and what
companions he will take along with him
on his voyage. The applications foi
passage on the rare but perilous jour
ney have been pouring in upon him by
hundreds. An opportunity to try the
accommodations Of the ship will be CIV.
en- these aspiring candidates for aero
nautic fame during the several prelimi-
nary ascents at the end Of rope which
will be made of Landmarks Park next
week. The final vanishing Of the bal
loon has just been completed, the valve
was being adjusted yesterday, and the
Professor is busy with the maze o.
knotted cordage which forms the rig
ging Of the silken ship. 4 life-raft has
been presented LEsperaBce which will
be suspended beneath the car Of the
balloon in readiness for use should the
aeronaut find 1t desirable to take to the
watery element The balloon is 95 feet
high, G5 feet in diameter and has Q
buoyancy capable Of sustaining eight
tons. N. T. Tribune
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