National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-07-11
The GREAT sAuhooS VOYAGE.


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SIR; Your letter OF June % RELATIVE 70 tno
proposed balloon voyage across the Atlantic
,yos r,ceived Mt the Institution during my ABB
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reply. .. Id.
All the observations that have been made
49,, r. ,,,,,ion ~ tho atm,snb,re as vol, M
ou w a., -. .,..,..,i,.i ...,.,a...-
tno ucoucsous hVn' N"oo'o.e. ',.
lions, lead to the conclusion that the rcsun-
ant motion of the air around the whole earth.
AZ" .,,,,s, "a ,ha,,, /, fror, 80, An c.s,. and
tne n,'uu'o VI 'n'u', Hou, "o'' " ~ 49,.
therefore, providod behoon Gu" oo ous
taincd al sufficient height and for SUM
Client length Of time, II would, under ordi-
norv circn,nstanccs he waftcd across the At
my e'vu, .s ~ !. o. ,ho h,,,oo,
ianuc. But the q ucsu1n ~ all ans anr =
Dc sus.a,nea y, .,,.'a ~ asts the io,rn,v3
snmcient Ieng.hoi .,u,J ,an ha detcrminsa
Inis qucsu,on n.,sa.nt Hvdroccn gss
only oy nctu wv, ~. s1,aa,ass .m1,,nt "a Iev1sv
which WI gsc .nc sh,ch hss tho GREATEST
non w ". ,.sraa,ionl ar. in other words.
II ~. xrAn tuasasa
the mos. u,'m ..p,n, ha,,oon. A., sensrs,iv
Allied. possesses less power Of Pcrmoauon' Out
mas Also icss sPV ,hns. ton,s 7 v,,,a .sv,.o
that Mr. Wise make preliminary voyage
across the continent, from tue racinc 70 tue
Atlantic, the distance being about the same
rs that across the lauer ocean IL TINS Icat
Il successfully accomplished, coincidence 10
the TRANSATLANTIC project WI, oe estaoIsned.
l think u not impiopuo'e tna. ,ne Noyhgc
than across the land, since, on account OF
the unequal heating OF the surface oil the
earth, more adverse currents would be met
In the latter than In the former case. some
what greater elevation might on tnis account
be required to perform inc Tourney Sycr .nc
land than over inc wawr, pus ..e umoienso
would not be sufficiently great 70 warrant
the voyage acrose the ocean before having
made the preliminary experiment over land
Mr.. Wise has had great experience III aero
nautics, aud has made ooser o. mucn
Interest TO metcoroloyy ! admire MS ",
trcpidity, and am confident that ne would
not hcstltatc i9r moment 70 ,cn.u ,, nus n.y., NY,
IN the proposed entsrptsei W. wnIc on tho
one hand y might DO pleasant Iof me 70 rs
sist by favorable OPINION 70 granylng nls
desire TO attempt the hahAroous Voyage, on
tho other II would De improper 10 me 10 en-
courage IN the sughtcst dcgtec, suSh an ~
tempt previous to a succcesiui result IN the
preliminary experiment nave mentioned.
am, very truly yours,
oossrn hnnhi,
Secretary smtnsoniah INSTITUTION
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Phorhssoh" WISE cy 80. N.Y. "' e' =
,,a,iya ~ The Doiiy 9yonhie
,.iiod o ~ prafassor Wise and after slowing
sIou ou ,o,y ,a,,ar tro,,, Proscssor iianrys
a.us Az S, " ~ riews on tho various subjects
neS a, mn, n,s ''0"' y" '"0 $50 ''''oN''
"u ..n,. uiV"" .,,a ho .,,,,,rg ,,ha, A. i,,st
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s prosos .e.' Monsv NJ hnows III INV pians
IA 10 Warongbiv hcIlcycs In them I'M Ia
Se. ~ IIss \" .ny az for fear Of saSnv t
,s,.,'..,a,,o. IN. .sc,rsion which In . vond
,'..,ss ,,nn.,,, III, snr.ar var, Sanecrous
NAV" s%thps AZ n .aY ~ bis srccest,on that
,,,Is w yi.anJo N .cs, s1,,r ,h,.orv ~
mno,a ~ ~ onprent Nv sovarc fSon
s sa T.enHy,.. ~ ,ha A.,.rt,c .e.6oasd,"
oaa vL s.eiseo " , w ia ,i,a, ~ ,.,.
,n so9u wvuiu a .nu ~, ,,,aor, ~, ~,
oanoon MNHy nr u 1850 Rc.iS.s ,ho, in
S osIny, nem 49, III. ~ :" ,nonn,ains We shnnid
p puei eose I.. NV, NILE, higbar tha,,
,"a ,,.,,a ~. 10 ~ 80. crnssI,a tIe water
TS "oa .,a r W. a,r,kin% aSssins, ,'os.
iunh V ,mnnn;,,o ranas. csnses letsrai or s,de
n,kn n,ou .p a',, aaS raj ,ng,cn.e /.
ti, vor9 hirh have M dmht that 10 cross
,sn Go,!y,,ns,t ,a s6o,,iJ have an a.cena M
,., ,,a a NJ, ~. ~. sho,,d In crossin,,
tSc OCEAN i enpect 10 cross tic Atlantic n,
sae ,...aa.. h.t.,h, ~ aI,an, : mia ="
an sNe,age nG,5n'u .. a cl,,ss nsr.. ,,v a,..
turhsnsc ~ tho cnsrents,s N'' ~
nv, ~ r"" Thev ra,,.r i,a,o,ce ,,,o
r.,n. Nv" mean ,h.v r,ny csnsc rains M so,ns
a,.,anoa 1en,, ' ,hsy,nsaiyyes Thsv insnencs
~" ~. -.,,.'a,. T.. i,.a. n..r ,h.,n'
IN rn,, ,hinL ,ho cn,f Stream I'm. .,v
,,a,,.,,sy ,,,,o, III. ais snrr.ntsp iv,s,ld N Il,
iihaiy ~ hnin ,o, ar ,mn.de yon,"
We'll now. iii tell YOU what think abo.,
Mn,s. .itaInSSn a,,r coast and ,b.n t,,rns an
mows Sirect,ys aver y tn Ireland. md then dow
~, Nh, .rra,esn and 20 nn Snw
70 .no mcu nca,,,nn =, ", ,h % , Un
.Inna ,hst stream Vii, hc greatly In 5,,r favor
Il Vii t tass M inst whore Ne want 10 20. w,
shall 90 At q rate we couidnt hope % sttai,
Sown ysrv c,osa IN the surface. Mr. I,ager
oS The Arm Of Charles Fieid Hayi,ana a "a.
,.hn ,nsda ,ho a. nnis ,rin viii ma M
,iuc, nross.d tho AtIentie ~ Ieast twent,
,in,os snS ~ hs s,~sxs SaI, yerv mrch inte;
cstsd in INV proiects' he toot particniar M
ties Of The air currents rents and found them .ns 4,
cnmi,s h.cS hs .avs ihe vc..ci mat with nj
mnst rsortinu.i bssS sinds IS ~ ''' - -
,.n,d IN, aver ssL nanticai ma, about n I,
SON yos, and have easmiasd baud1eds a
nautical iov,' Tie universal Testimony ia I'm
thc d,,ectian = stmosnheric rnrrents "a fror
,xcs, ~ sast - >'''-Dt~t
.syou know nj DR. Ramsev,s th,orr, tina
,,. nnv,nm .,n,osnh.ra ac,nsr,v MI III,
I'm ny S,,,,,5 ~ nip,,io, a.. p" \" WI
,,Vos IInow br, Z donr s,,rcc With thu,
MI. now iemopstrated that Mi The moieeuic
,,hi,l, 60, a,.a,, aai,J a,s-sai .,,,h ny IT,
which iGr'n even soma i, material, saca a ,ro
.,in,nn Ths raxn,n,lon Of III alpl'a and y
""ao.. any 'o'oussoa " ."o Ssoco "ne