, 1875-07-25

49, -. daring. Among theee were BLANCHARD
~ accompanied by an American physi-
sp' r-oasod the Channel IN 1785.
sA IA the first time it Was
"S .d pHuArRE DE Roz1ER attempted to re-
p,.scHaRp's feat on the 18th ct June, 17s5'
p-r Teoulocne for England He used two
s1,.e n.s,e or rather double balloon, one fire.
sau 49, ~ feet in diameter, and the other gas
..no,n. .. 81 feet in diameter The balloon
". r1.ced under the gas-balloon, and, when
.s,onsut wished to ascend or descend he
ns n-..sed the Ere in the fre-balloon. and thus
RS- - 9aste Of gas The ascent was euc-
.,,,,x made; but, after the balloons
haen in the air about half an hour, they
s'1 d;sooyeced to be in fsames- Roz1EA and
~ -. .,,nn.nion, loXA1N, fell from u height Of
" IN feet and both xero ki1led,-the former
:.4's.tot1y-tbe Inter surviving few moments
~. Others have frequently tried to croes the
@:,,.1. CnosE1E, who WAS tho first to ascend
..,,, Ie]and, tried it in 1785. and fell into the
y. hut We rescued by passing vessel Lu-
r..r, sfesdv mentioned, also fell into the sen
.mil,r endeayor, and Was saved In like
rt1b1 nm.
~ c,nacity Of 200.0 900 cubic feat Of gas.
80 xere two stories to the car. He made two
'.~.,.s 4 IN the Giant" the first time carrying
..;,taen persons, and the second, nine. Tbs
- rim 1ss = very short ono. Tbs second last
- seventeen hours and was brought to close
m miles from Paris. the place OF departure 1t
-,sAYerv difficult thing to land the monster.
= rdneced along the ground, in consequence Of
~. h;cb wind blow ing, = distance Of miles, and
~ me in the car escaped entirely uniDjused-
~. largest balloon ever constructed was
.roh,h,r GopARp's frc-ba1loon. fthad \ c&paci-
= =, nearly 500, 900 cnbic feet Of gus, and WAS
h,,t,d by an 1s-fcot stove, which. with the
.hsmnev, weighed $50 pounds! Acouple Of sue
,<.tfnl aececeions we're made with this balloon
:, 1se. from Cremorne Gsrdens.
qhe ascents Of u. G1AsHEn, in the interest
u s.inpce, in 1862 sre among the most remark
.sls ever made. he made in Ill about twenty
t;r.t scents, renching various heigbts The
r.r.test height reached was on Sept S, 1852
rbea he rose aea1IT miles from the earth- His
3..cnuion of this ascent is exceedingly interest
t.e. He left the ground at minutes after
IN. m. The temperature at starting WIS
"a md the dew-polnt 50. One mile shove, the
,Suursture was Il, and the dew-points8. "Bhort-
l. sf.et We entered cloud Of about 100 feet IN
ttckness in which the temperature Of the air
I'll 70 SIX degrees, the dew-point being the
trae-indicating that the air was here saturated
With moisture On emerging from the cloud. At
IA. rn., xe came upon flood Of strong sun
!.Rht, With beautiful blue sky, without cloud
.to.s us, and magnificent sea OF clouds
tsIox.--the surface being varied with endless
ih hiIlocks, rountain- -chains, md many snow-
White passes rising from it." When 5 milea
lRh the voysge1s experienced some difficulty IN
breathing; md when they had attained the ele-
,atiou Of 2a.0O0 feet, II. GLA1sHn laid his
An On the table, possessed. he says, Of it's full
.ieor, but, On being desirous OF using it, be
fund it powerlees. He continues:
1tisd u move the other arm, end found It power.
l. u Ako then tried 10 shake myself and succeeded
t. atlking INV body. eeemed to have no limbs
t: q looted ri the barometer, and whilst doing It my
/ ID fell my left shoulder. struggled and shook
r hnty again, but could net move my a1zDs. cot
Lad upright but Tor an icstxut only, when It fell
G. NJ right bho,1der. and then fell backwards, my
+, edee. When shook my body1 seemed TO have
+ VI o.er taoee q ny aesi. hut mons over either
b.1s ' nom. OF my ii e e. s..e q hs
u. III muscular power was Last in IN nstznt from
: lAck ind n.ck. dimly Gaw LIZ CooswH.L this
s|a0ionI in the RUG, and endeaForod TO sEesk bne
{ I'D not when IN IN instant, intense dark black
y cane: the optic nerve finally lost power sud-
n.y. WAS still conscious, with - active brain -
The present nomtnt while ~r3ang This. thought
,petieoee no mure, death would CONS unless VIC
@eGtiy descended Other thoughts were actively
:ertns my mind. when suddeuls became m
:sciouA ~ On going to slcep. Ay Lust
srvatiun WAS n.de at b. IS min, It o. eco
- Whilst ro*erless. heard the words.
mperature aud Observation, and knew Ar. Coas-
III was in the esr' srx,kns 70 rae md snassvor,ng
rrinz had returned then heard him speak more
alphabetically, but could not see, speas, or 1uove- I
.ta a1m ag.n d~ ~ h r. insn an xsrv
,cr4y kaw clearly. roee In my seat and Ex1ked
uad, II though waking from sleep, though not re-
,. 1ss Ia + bs3e snd
Ady.~ q. Mr. CoGkEILL told ne be had lost
c rse Of his hands, which were llact, aud poured
:knd5 over thcu-
Ii that height it vaa intensely cold. Hoar
us+ formed around the neck OF the balloon
Il. CoaswuL's hands wore frozen. The water
the vessel supplying the ~et~bulb thermome-
q xas solid ICE Pigeons lat out Of the bal
IN 1t o1 milee dropped down like 50 much
I'd. While II. G1-A1sHKn was insenslhle. It ia
sirste3 thAt the balloon reached helght Of
]. 100 feel, or miles
The shore extracta are taken from the British
ssocstion report, and are to be found, with
:ueh mose, in the article On AeronAutics in the
n volume of the new edition Of the EncYclo-
szhd Braann;ca-an article which has been Of
sequent use IN verifying Soma OF the facts above
tAnead
1he suthof Of the article IN the Encyclopedia
2i.oaszioa ssys thnt the number Of accidents
ht ha5s occurred bears but very small pro-
oation to tho nunnber Of successful attempts
IL have BEEN mada. OF 471 adventurrs, only
sas wers killed; and, Of theee, one Owed his
sAth 10 hravado, and six to the dangers attend
II he use Of the 61e-bslloon. It must be To-
asube.ed that most OF thess III adventuretB
aada se%etal asce1ts.
Balloons ware extensively usad IN the Amer-
ao ind Pr1nco-Pruasian wars- Ono that left |
.ata t1Eng the neae landed near ChristiAnia, |
faEaJ, fifteen hou1s after its ascent,-hAv5ng |
ths Meantime crossed the North Sea-
u1aat efforts have been made to devise some !
Aaaas of guiding balloons; but the medium
saieh .hs1 10 necessarily immersed SUBJ
eca aacn to such complex system OF forces
aat It is doubtful Il It viii svar he possible to
aRts1te sham secorely.
ne teonoclssts Ara rapidly reaching that pass
oRs tbs whole public will rise in indignation
"a cEerxhelm them Not content With prov
e Tint thss stupid boy CAsAR1AncA never stood
q tia fb7nfn, t1ent- ~ nIf and @o,AAruanf1y