Mower County transcript., 1871-07-06
BallOOntng.

For long time the most famous ascent
in aerostatic annals, was that of Gay Lus-
sac, who, in September, 1904, started from
Paris and reached the height, of twenty
three thousand feet To tighten the bal
loon he threw overheard every article he
could possibly dispense with; q common
deal chair went with the rest, and fell into
a hedge close to girl who was tending
some sheep. As the sky at the time was
clear, and the balloon invisible, some of
the country-fo]k held that it must have
come straight from Paradise, and cried "A
miracle!" others refused to think that
"the workmen up above there could be
such muffs," for the chair was roughly
made; but the miracle mongers would, no
doubt, have carried the question had not q
timely account of Lussac's voyage ap.
peared in the papers. Several years later,
Andreoli and Brioschi ascended, it is said,
but it has never been fully believed, to an
elevation of thirty Thousand feet, when
the balloon burst with loud report, and
came to the ground with great speed, but
safety near Petrarch's tomb The torn
balloon must have acted IS a para :
chute. Mr. Glaisher has himself fall
minutes, and has landed without being g
greatly hurt. He and Mr.. COxwell be- =
came the champion aeronauts after their
memorable ascent from Wolverhampton .
on the 5th of September, 1862. They rose
to the enormous height of thirty y-seven
thousand feet, mile higher than the
highest peak of the Himalayas :. atstwenty-
nine thousand feet Mr.. GlaisheI became %
insensible; the valve.line was entangled,
and Mr.. Coxwell had to climb from the :
car into the ring to readjust it 1.-The cold
was so intense that he lost the use of his
hands and had to pull it with i1iS teeth.
Green, whose death we lately announced,
was in his time the very prince Of aero
nauts, and made some fourteensAundred
excursions into the air; but he was not
much of scientific observer, having (as
he told NJ. de Fonvielle, who visited the
old man in his latter days at Aerial Cot
tage, Holloway" to make his bread by
it," l. e., by mounting into the clouds for
the delectation of those who resort to tea
gardens.
A balloon is poised in the aifEwith ex-
quisite delicacy. Tissandier relates that
ahrowing out chicken-bone caused the :
thirty yards, and Lunardi's barometer fell
three degrees on his casting away his hat.
On sand being thrown out%frorla . balloon
rapidly descending, it (apparently) rises
into the air, and, as the balloon slackens
speed, falls again in fine shower. The
sea is the great bugbear of the; aeronaut;
to save the land he will almost drop upon
it like stone Mr.. Glaisher, who chose
Wolverhampton for his favorite place Of
ascent, tells US that an aeronaut cannot get
far enough from the sea in England, and
requires all the land. of continent
to make his voyage with freedom and
comfort Balloons have great reputation
for danger, but the three thousand five
hundred ascents which have been made
have caused only fifteen deaths. The
most critical MON, mt of an air voyage is
its last; to be able to take the sground
we'll and skillfully requires The greatest
perience, and even then there isE generally.
more or less Of d crash-Appleton's .
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