, 1874-08-31

lily TR1BUNE: MONDAY,
gear Of tho lades, as may 10 gathorod from tho
noom atldrcascd By Robert 1,rnu to tho ''cra,s-.
II fcrl!o." That nppcurod on q bonnet III tho
Church Of Ayr:
o. 1,1R s,;si' si,g2 ssy y 1,1p1s1l'' ~ r as'
III that gear, 1854, tho Duke Of CIlartros (aftor-
ward Duke OF Orleana) riBkod Ills lilo IN balloon
with NJ. Hobort nhii anothor gentleman. Tho
court bad its mot for tie OCCASION, Of courso.
- The Duke wished to set nboyo his dlnlou1tlos
Bu. ho had lis dsf'cmites IN the olouda, too, md
some fright nong with them; for ho was Obliged.
with gront effort to mako rout In the baIlooi, III
ortlor to bring 1t Bafoy to tho. gronna. Ito; was
wouon folt themselves cnrried nway by Tho o,,-
thusjaBm of tho 'time. hfmo. Th{bio nsccntlctl
in 1884 with M. Flonrand; mud Mrs. sago, in
upito Of her nnmo, went abovo. tho ciouds ovor
fries, an American, performed. tho great font Of
crossing tho aea from Dover to Frnnce In n fly-
lrogon balloon. On this occasion blanchard OF
pcr3n,ensod with hiB own invention, parachute,
sfe ssSh saao ao f sas IL Y sSat Sa sear
and In III attornpt toportorm similar font, tlied
pi'ntro do Rosfor. lilo, attempted, in company
OF nl. Roman, to go from l}ou'ogno to England.
III chr attached to two balloons, ono Of thotn
fro. .hontol. Tho lat.or aos fro to tic other.
{hydsoyen) and tho aeronants foil Oh tho rocks Of
TIC French Strand, where. thoy porisliod.
subsequently tho French ilsca bal.
against tho Auatrlnns. Ind ia several negos,. a,
In 1s02',M. darnorin, F1onoh,nnn, appeared in
Iondon, md intensified tue iutorost Of Ibis bal
loon asconts by tho tlso OF tho paracluto-not
letting down . dog but committing hi1nnolf TO
tho frail thing. homo thousands, of foot aboyo
tho eartn Nothing 10 slngularlY daring Ind
ever boon Witnessed III Engnnl tilt tion, and in
spite Of tho iiasional' hatrod. tho English: ro-
epoettea tAo coNrago Of tho flog-eatorB thoir
oharlcsg James" Fox: In hls dcscont from his
balloon Garnerin camo rnthor roughlyin con-
tact with tho ground, and got several brui8on
which, howoTar, DID not detor him from repeat
Ing tho Hamo terrible experiment. 40, fa,,.
Balloons began, in 1803 to DO used profesaed-
ly in tho cnuno OF 'Bconco, nftor tho suggestions
Of La Place md okhars, Gay Luaeac md Blot,
wcro. among those who experimental In tue
mles, finding that tho mir lost density ~ 1t lay
furthest from tho onrt, and that itH compoucnts,
| wore tho enme above md below. In briof, his
discoveries wore neatlg suoh nu wefo already, or
subsequently,, ma5o by those who ascoudcd 10
tho sanao heights from tho sca~lovol on tho aur-
faco Of tho carth. 11o wished especially to find
ont: :whothDr magnetism, worked 80 far up In tho
Clouds, llo therslt it dig, but Ills conclusions,
trustworthy. aud TINT problenl Of tho nppor mug
notism is got utlaolvod. In 1taty the bnloonists
| oxporimo1itna in tho pannn wny. In 1909 Count
| Xamheccar Of 1lolue,s aud Andreoli, OF Anoona,
went up from BOLOGNA in . ilre-baloon: Fhoy
bccame noarly iusonuiblo at 4 great height, and
their cur was dragged disastrous]y through the
! watorB, Of tho A1riatic., In 1903 Anlrooll and
| Driosoh Astronomer Royal Of Naples, ascondcd
from Padua, till they Sero nearly bouumbed, at
a height Of nenriy e ,nilcs, aa indieated BY tho
barometer and then thofr balloon burst. bring
| lug thom down precptatey In tho manner or
! parachute, but snfo1y, In ASIA MIR. sadior:
| attempted to cross tho Irish Sea from Dublin
to Liverpool, hut was brought dowu into tho
water, and with difficulty rescued bya passing
ship. Twolyo years subsequently Satller fell out
| OF hiB ba}foon at Bolton, in England, nnl was
killed. :, snbuoquently, Green, tho famous
timo, and died old in 1870, employed con-. gas in
his ascenta, and invented tho long guido-ropo
that now hanga downward from naoat balloons.
! and holps to steady thcir motions. Ho piloled
hia gteat bAlloon =, when. in 1885,, It made ono
agc, from. the YauIllall Gardens, in Lou
don, to klbcrn. In the Dnchy of Nassa,a,
q distance Of 600 miles, traycraod IN olghtoen
hnnrs; Ne1t year air. dreon went up, accom7
| panied by s1r. Cooking, o scientific old gontle-
man who carried up a parachute, and. whom ut n
great height III tho air, boldly trusted himself to
| its kocping. Tho experiment waa mianlanaged
somehow, md he foil heavily through tho mir to
tho parachute waB still rolled on, Gnd Mr.. Hamp-
| ton in 1889 committed hiuasDlf in mid-air 10
another Of tlleBo consryaaoes, with which ho
camo to tho grolnd u satety. IN IVY ". Arbnn
ea!loa from 9la1se1sloS , ovor TUG apps hna tnoif
| prccapiees, ana feachea TURN: IN subsequent
! Iona.
For tho last thirty years tho British Aaaocia-,
tion has occasionally given aid to thoso export
moutlng In balloons on behalf Of acionco. In
| 1852 hlr. Welsh. Of tho How Observatory, undo
four aRcents In tho Nassau balloon, md publish
cd hiB observations In the "trrApsactions OF tho
| Royal Society,"" IN 1863 committee Of tho Bit,
isl Association undertook to Buporintonl theuo
investigations, and at first got into difficulties
| with d couple OF worthlots Old balloons.-tho
Mr.. .Glaishor the commentary that whoro-
| as grcat many would suppose tho
| lnain obstacles would meet tho expert
| monter in tho Clouds thoy Woro nearly al OF.