, 1873-07-14

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that thon ali tho correspondence 6eswecn uo nsrtios
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THE BAL [ 00N.V1YAGE tn ElIR0pE
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From tho 6t1' York Graphic.
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tno I:! Da.y utuNuo goulpany, Mlhon "aa received
ourlne ny apaonce from tne Guy, IN which nd
w vlseu tnat yoI maze ptomlnaFg voyage aorosa
the n eoll.ie1.s' trona INC Iacio t9 1ao atlantic
isl tic practeaby Of your rpq ensp enaop
prise. .-
hnyo no doubt OF the fact that, II your ball
loon can DO SUSTAINED IN tho air sufficiently long,
but this is the point Which It would appoar to
mo, from my partial knowledge Of what ha4
been accomplished in tho art Of ballooning, ID
got to bo satisfactorily established. No ono,
howcvor, has Ind moro experience in the art
than yoursolf, and you ought not to venture
the hazardous voyage without tho fullest assnr-
anco that tho balloon can DO sustained at tha
requisite elevation for, nay, ten days.
1 think it probable that ovor tho ocean, alta
considerable elevation, the tendency to meet ad-
verso curronts will bo less than over tho land
on tho other hand, however, t]loro will be
chance of meeting cyclone-whicll might carry
you around circlo Of Boveral thousand niles,
md throw you back on tho coast of tho United
States, since you would DO most likely to meet
tho northorn portion Of tho great whirl, which
would be moving in tho western directfon-tho
only possibility Of escape from, which would bo
BY aaconding to very high elevation. The
higher temperature Of tho Gulf-Stream tends to
produce IN ascont Of air above it during the
Von i, rooard ~ TX t,ros+o veoo;t
n mr. accorianro VIII motooro1npicai =, mrine;nIes
enco at tbs noriod tho nneouaf hoatnr 81 tho
cnrth bv Tie diroot rnys Of tio sun doea not taka
nIaco, and hanco nivorso entrants nra not A.
thnt nark at thu oartl, which ia in thp shadow
vii land IN nrod,,cn at Tho snrfana ~ tho eaTtl
after sunset n wostorlv current. while et a cor
tain elevation above tGe onrth the curront would
| the morning, Just boforo and after sunrlBo, tho
| current at tic eurfaco OF tho onrth nro1ucod bv
| the cooling would bo eastward, while That in the,
atmosphere above would be westward,
| personal interest. and whom nm convinced ia
| In earnest in regard to hazaraing tho periloua
enterprise, I fool almost reluctant to express to
you my yows. While, on tho othor hand, I think
tho project in question is possible under fayora-
ble conditions, on tho other 1t is undoubtedly
| hazardous. Furthermore, il successful tho ono
| who achieves the enterprise will forever asso-
| ciate his name With tho history Of the prog
ross Of seioneo' while, Il unsuccessful, 10 will
be considered az reckless md foolhardy ad'
In conclusion, would remark that, while
would be delighted to learn that you had sue.
cessfully accomplished tho feat,, would prefo1
that some ono in whom | am loss interested were
subjected to the risk. am, very truly yours,
! JOSEPH Henry.
Smithsonian Institute, July s, 1878.
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