The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-06-28
Rmu the PhilaAelghia Dsllseis.

pueUOu6US WUSCu 0S0 CAVsoSSsosSO ~ sD"s
department Ut the institution. PrUfessor
Wise 10 now pretty we'll advanced In ycsrs,
bu, he has sturdy, vigorous health, an ~
tive brain, and inexhsusiibIs enerxy. Ee
IL - full Ut enthusiasm tver the prospect VI
bic trxnsmarine voyage No II he were In the
very heydsy Of youth. not because Of any
pecuuiary prof. which may c"ms u him
frvsn The enterprise. but because he hopes
to realize and demonstrate practical theories
he hss held, and preached and fought f"rdur
= large pvrti0n Of his lifetime. Tue PrOfes.
or u ready u talk upon the subject with
any one, and to answer with o,u'tesy oil
questions concerning the preparations for
his trip. The following conversation
embraces oil Of the topics discussed yester.
day:
Reporter Professor, will you please state
70 me the present condition Of your trans.
Atlantic undertskingi
Professor Wise.-With pleasure. I pro
pose to start from Boston common during
next July-if possible % the 4th-tn .
balloon for Europe. l shall have with me
Washington II. Donaldson. eronsut, and
two scientific gentlemen. who are not yet
selected from number Of applicanta The
city Of Boston has appropriated the sum OF
5000 to enable me to prepare the balloon
and the necessary apparatus. provided I
can show 70 the scientific men OF that city
that my theory 10 plausible one.
Pep. you think you can do soe
Profess0-I feel sure Of IT, II do not
prove - clearly - can b without actual
experiment that balloon may travel direct.
" east scross the Atlantic OCEAN, I do no,
want the money.
THT GREAT ATN0SrHIRIC TIDE.
Rep-You cannot guide your balloon
bow then d. you know It will not sail west.
wardi
Professor bsvs-ts: years believed that
the entire sppsr atsssspk~re surr'u' ding
the earth constantly moves eastward with
The revolution of the earth. More than
this, II actually moves Jsssr 'bsn the
earth, just - water 10 spurted forward
from rapidly revolving grtndstone. II ID
thrown shead by the movement Ut the ter
rsstrisl he'll q the rate, ssy, VI 100 miles On
hour. II rice into this vast sir'tids with
my t'alloon, The ship will be swept eastward
with Tremendous veI"ciiy. We capnot con
irWl the action Of the balloon In any wsy.
sQd ihst will not BIZ necessary. All W
Do 10 to let Il drift. and sOs,ner " later, II
no accident happens. We shall reach Europe.
Professor Henry and Other learned men en-.
terrain this same opinion concerning The
eastward tendency Ut the upper Dir. and
nm assured of II, not only because u y -.
s0nsbIe ana natural. but because sjl bal.
loous, after reaching the height, ~, d
mile and half, 20 In On sssserly dIrec
ton.
Rep Have you observed that pbenoue
non often
Profsssor-I lave made ~ balloon ascen'
siOns, and ninety ok timcsOui Of every hsa
dred the dir ship shot rapidly toward Ii.
east. have prescbsd the theory fUthir,y
years. and twice have asked Congress Il
help prove It siih trans. Atlantic VOYAGE
made one application to this effect 10 1874
and . secood one some years later. bu'
failed both times. although upon the laa'si
occasion Stephen A Doasiss. who believed
In me, made speech In my behalf,
QUICK TINE.
Rep-now long do you suppose II vii
take 70 csoes the oceanl
Professoe- Not mors than seventy bours
and probably only sixty. Il will depend
upon the fusce Of the aiE>currenl may q
we'll remark hero that the current move
ooes npsdly after sunsst, for The heatet
cir presses towards tho shadow, where tn
aamosphsrs b cooler.
Repeat what point do you expect ID
touch the coast On the other silsi
Professos- We shall probably land sithe'
In Great Britain Or Ftanos-she latter It y,
do not reach sgrsas altisuda ] hsve slway'
thought. however, that thsss b ~ cir cur
rent following 10 coarss of shs Col
Stream, for hat beats he atmosphsss I,
the hight Of AOoo or 10000 6sss asd oaksl
] ooDjscsurs, . sost Of . gulf sessam In u
cir. e sAis y correct, asd our balloea
strikes hat casssnt " shall 80 directly Z
England. OF cearss ] cannoe say absolatslI
that ws shall succeed. Thu voyaGsiAmsssl,
sxpsrimsntal ! wish % tsss ths naltes
thas y ILL Il ~ tsip en- - nads nov
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