Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-06-08
A BALLOON TRIP ACROSS THE AT
-LANTlC,
THE MAN WHO WILL MAKE IT AND HIS PRE-
PARATIoNS.

H VI. OleNallet, WHO cdlue 10 AlUeTlca
about three months ago, for the purpose
of going back in a balloon, is not, it
seems, humbug, like Prof. Lowe, and
Weston, the pedestrian. He has deter
mined to start from Landmarks Park,
IN. w. about the middle ofJuly. Chcv-
alicr is Russian, wealthy and educated,
who claims relationship with the Gar
We take the following paragraphs con-
cerning him. from the New York Tribune :
He finally made one invention in his
art which will give him an enduring fame,
and which goes far toward assuring the
success of his perilous enterprise of trav-
crsing the wide Atlantic. i. This was the
"compcnsator" balloon--a small reservoir
balloon placed beneath the mouth Of the
main balloon to receive the gas which es
capes by expansion in high attitudes, and
which in ordinary balloons is lost. 1t
was during his stay in Paris with Nadar
that Chevalicr engaged in the greatest
ballooning feat in history, the voyage Of
THE FAMOUS BALLOON "LE cEANT."
The remarkable incidents Of the ascent
of "Le Geant," which took place in Pa
ris in 1864, are doubtless fresh in the
memory Of many Of our readers. Chcva-
licr had with him as compa mons de roy
aje, the Princess de la Tour D'Auvcrgne,
then famous "girl Of the PERIOD Mad
ar, NJ. Delcssert, the two brothers Go
dard, NJ. Tirion, great-grandson of Mon
golfer, and NJ. de St. Felix. lie Geaat'
left Paris at 5 2. NJ, on the 18th of Sep
tembcr. The same night, at ten O'Clock,
its electric lights attracted the attention
of the guard on a boundary post between
Holland and Germany, who informed the
balloonists that they were 700 miles from
home. They then ascendod again, and
during the night Chcvalier had the proud
pleasure of seeing the value of his com
pensator balloon practically demonstrated,
as it was at one time half full of gas that
would otherwise have been lost, and rem
dered further progress impossible. The
landing was effected the next day, at s
o'clock, not without serious casualties,
however, as the Princesa, Nadar, St. Fe-
lix, Delesscrt, and Chcyalier, all had
limbs broken, and we're otherwise seriou
ly hurt. The balloon had traversed
l,500 miles in 10 hours,
Several other ascents Of Chevalier's
have become historical. lin 1867 he
crossed the English Channel from Dublin,
landing in Westmoreland, after a sail Of
l54 miles, done in a hours. In 1868,
he ascended from Hull, England, a6d at.
tanned the altitude Of 5000 feet, hight
which he claims has never been eqhillcd,
and beyond which he believes it is moi
given to man to 60. lie was privileged
to witness on this occasion phenomenon
hitherto unrecorded, but it was at the cx'
pense of the mcst acute suffering. AT the
hight of 14,0G0 feet breathing became
difficult, and some pigeons he had with
him were unable to fly. AT 10000 feet
the blood started from every pore Of his
body, as well as from his nose, eyes ant
cars, and his clothes were saturated
now THE ATLANTIC VOYAGE is TO DE ACCOM-
' pL1suED.
Nj. Chavalier has made lGo balloon
voyages, and may be presumed to have ;
moderately good understanding of the dii
6culties incident to a voyage across the
Atlantic. He declares that these diff
culties are not peculiar to the Atlantic
voyage. except as it is one of unusual cx
tent and duration. They naturally rang
themselves under two heads, viz:
]. M1intaininJ the baoyancy Of tn
balioon. .h
2. KecpinJ direct course. ~
Chevalier provides against the waste Q
gas by means Of the receiving reservoir
above alluded to, and against the vast
of ballast by an ingenious contrivanc
which is too complicated for description
here. a4 aLI ~ at
now TIE DIRECTION IS PRESERVED.
The second of the two great pro lem
of the undertaking is how to keep the bal
loon on direct course. Chevalier is nc
by any means u victim to a belief in ba.
loon navigation. In fact he has pei
feet contempt for the balloon, cpnsldere
as an air. ship, and says it is good fc
nothing, but for the purposes Of sclentlil
observation. A balloon, he says, SO ia
i from being ship isnot even buoy Il
loose from its moorings: for buoy foa
; ON the surface, but the aerial sea has /
t surface. A balloon. says the Professo
|, lis a ielly-Gsh immersed in fluid by who
. every current it is helplessy carried
|. and fro ;,the jclly-6sh makes feeble effor
with as much success as the balloon. Lilo