Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-09-18

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but will. it is said, not be disposed t
growl if they get there within week
Air-currents are as we'll known a
the currents of tie oceaO, but ar
not so thoroughly understood, ant
hence not only the danger but tn,
doubt attending the discovery Of au!
peculiar current. The eastward cur
rent is only one of a Dumbtr.' Othe
currents flow in other directions, and
Iitis not known whether they are sub
ject in any MaY to disturbing iuAu
euces. The present experiment
which has been so elaborately pre-,
pared, may solve the problem as to
the practieability Of r-navigation
The following is description of the
balloon qnd its equipments:
Tho balloon, as it will stand ready
for departure, with the lifeboat un-
derneath the Car just touching the
earth. will be Que hundred aud sixty
feet high, or over three times the
/ height of an ordinary house The
globe itself is about the Width OF
four house-frouts. il is able to lift
| from the ground, including its own
weight l4,4OO pounds, and has net
clrrying capacity for passengers aud
ballast Of 5 600 pounds. The lifting
power ofiliumIna,ing gas-that is to
say. the difference between its own
weight and that of the airs thirty
six pounds for each hundred cubic
feet. 1t is contemplated to put into
the balloon 100000 cubic feet. 1t
will contain 100000 cubic feet at
I,re suf &c r ;Lo earth, lut in the
rarifcd atmosphere oil nile and
/ half above, The amOuutto to be taken
will expand TO completely fill it.
Should it become necessary to let
any of he gas escape, there is a cir
uular valve in the top of the globe,
three feet in diameter, made of Span
ISL cedar aud brass, with rubber
coated claPPer.
The balloon is made Of un5leaehed d
>heetiug, of thick, close quality.
For forty feet from the valve this
material is doubled, AM still third
| thickness was added Of what is known
as Manchester Mills bleached, OF
which 250 yards were required
There ore in all 4,3l6 yards Of cloth,
and there are 1880 yards or eight
miles. If sewing, in which 10, 49,
! 500 stitches we're made. The stitch.
ing was performed at the shOw-rooms
of the Domestic Sewing-Marhine
Company by twelve seamsiresses.
The network is composed Of three
stran nd tarred rope, Known as "mar
liue" The circumference OF the net
/ is three hundred aud eighteen mcshes
and the breaking strength of each
strauy is two hundred and eighty.
eight pounds, which makes the CON
bined brcakiog strength 81 5Sl
pounds, or nearly forty y-six tons. A.
/ MS lower part it is attached to fifty
three quarter-iuch Manila ropes
each fifty feet long. These ropes
will converge TO what is called tht
concentrating ring, to which the Car
roros will he attached The weigh
Of the "marline' is five hundred
pounds. while $500 feet Of Manill
rope vii be required to attach th'
uellingto the ring. The cOncentra
ting ring, a part of the apParatu
requiring great strength, has beet
made Of the best gas pipe, wrapped
with cords, rud is four feet ln dame
ter and TWO inches thick The con
ceutraiug ropes converge from tn
lower edge oftte netting to this ring
aud the ropes which hang below au'
from the framework Of the car ar
also attached to it.
The car Is fifteen feet high an
. niue feet Eve inches In diameter a
the widest part In shape it ma,
be technically described as doubl
truncated coue. with the two cone
Joining at their bases, and the uppe
. being twice as long as The wer. Th
sixteen ropes which from Its frame
work pass from the concen'ratin
ring down over q disiending hoop tie
feet below the ring, and nine feet hv
o. inches in diameter, tn nee down lou
feet further TO another distendiu
coop seven feet eight inches in di
meter. and then unite under this las
mentioned hoop. pom each
these hoops is laid floor formln
three compartments, into the upPe
70 one Of which the voyageur couI
stand Il it were necessary 10 cut avn
the lower part IN an emergenc.
The middle compartment is mcel
carpeted. and contains ell the scie'
ufc apparatus. The lower part Is
be used as a cellar and storge roo
for provisions, ballast, grapplir
J, lroDs, tools &c. Light is to he obtal
ed by electricity, by meaOs Of Il I
Gessler vacuum tutes, and heat 4
n cooking purposes by lime-stoVe,
E small sheet-irOn box, in which I'm
- - is Stacked.
! Small paraebutes are to De taxi
as a means of communicating vi
- vessels, and a number of signal-hgb
of various kinds, as we'll as twel
earrier-pigeons Of a fomOos bree
5 Une Of the birds, Ariel, is c'lled {
champion of the world. He one I'll
from Union Square, in this city,
RiypIclff, Connecticut, distance