The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-11-22
Mr. NAsleaslaM.


Maehinrs intended far psamllinR
cnc's s.lf through the mir arr ul,irt than
lmlluuh~ After the NnntGoliier broth
rf~. III fmnrs'. made successful ascen.
sinn III balla~n formed ~ lsalWr ani
inflated with heated air. inventive talent
turned iss attention tu finding hrit.r
materials iar the covering AMI iilling
The iirxi VA found I'm silk. rendered
gasiirht i,N msans ~ sarnisl,, nnsl the
second i'm hydrogen ras. AZ thete wefc
no very strung motives ~ tempt pcr.
~nns III make aerial voyages II Il aston.
iSl,inn how mnch money has he.n ~.
pended la the construction ~ balloons.
AMI lnw nnny fatal accidents hnve r..
suited frum their n~e. Observations
male III thr IN. ~ balloons have l@cn
III considerable advantage 10 science,
Int In either matters they have hcrn of
little benefit III the world. They were
employed In McClcllans army for pur.
ls,rcs of observation. and we're prul,c.
tive of Some good. During the invest
mcnt IL Paris they we're employed ~
good purpose ~ the hrsicgcsl inhnhi.
tai.ts. tinmbcttn, then one of the chiefs
of the Government. made his cscapc in
one. During thc siege there were sixty.
four nsccnSionr. In several cases the
prus~ians fired ut the balloons, hut with.
out effect. Sixty.two of tho balloons
made successful voyages. Cine noatesl
to South Africa. where II was discovered
several years aftcrward. and one was
supposed to n lost nj sra.
The loss nf Donaldson and Grim.
wool, who made m ascension from tli,
luke shore. In this city. three ycnrs ago,
operated ~ damp thc nftlor for acriul
navigation in this country. In England
however, there l. great interest In thp
matter The War Department supports
corps of balloon engineers. anil pro.
,iles them. not only with balloons. hut
Will, apparatus for initiating them and
carriages for driving them about. The
! Eronnntical Saeicty Of Great Britain
WINS formed over twelve years ago. and
numbers among Inv members persons ~
distinguished N thu Duke of Argyll lan.l
Enrl Dutirrin. II has cabinet and
library devoted ~ models ri balloons
parael,n,cs. nnd hyinR machines and
boats pertaining ID tl,s navigation u
the mir Al present II |. .lsyntinR II.
attention 10 h,ing.mnehincs and giving
encouragement % inventors. The dc
sire appears ~ In a. construct u siMpl.
apparatus whereby man mny MAKE
flights nj pleasure after the manner ol
"tle birds nf the nir." The members ol
the society .rem ~ think that Il balloon
IL too rulnl,rn,is and nnwicldy ~ IN.
IN making nscensions. while i steam
engine is not desirable thing to hay,
IN huarl clnft TINT IL ~ sa.il In III,
mir. They desire "a mako their pleas
nr trips over church spires and trc'
tops by means III M apparatus ~ simple
and 4. cnsily operated A. Il selocipe,'
or a canoe. They .lo not expect ~ Il,
away with muscular eseltinn, Indeed
they 10 not desire io. m physicn
strength, aud endurance nrn things I'll,
English gentleman hol.l~ in high -
tcem nnd Wishes ~ encourage hy e,lncn
ton mud practice, The prospects .
success tor iiying.machinc are not ~
conraging, nor does there seem to b,
any very great necessity for navigating
In the air. Htill. nn air.carriaec mny h
invented. nnl useful ~ we'll ~
plcanahlc employment H. fmlnd for !,
Chicago Times.