, 1881-08-20
BALLOON EXPERIMENTS.

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ano Eastern current Ineosy 10 ne
eaIl.. DcnAonnt.aseu-. kA, ,tu..,
p" ..r+,l. ~ ,;vu.,n ~. r." 4N'''"' 'o'"'
E,lr Fur ntra,a.
The strone interest yylicl, l,as gradually
settled around the ldea Of a balloon voyage
across the Atlantic ocean M Il mems Of def
s u. naa,S.,,, .,...;nn a.'n ar, ~
f'l0ses Ill I'LL casteiiy a!eec11on htoaia us
earth OF not, VIII bo hiyhte'cd by tAe an.
liollncomcnt that Prof. Samuel A. King
i,nr.oi,Ii, hof,nnn IN ,v,,tc1, In in.c~ds IN
oe''e'o''t opttooI' ~ "n!el w 1nteuo M. ~
nlako Sosnse ac'oss lne A."e!ica'i Gohtf
ne, from Minneapolis 10 The oeea sG,e, ts
n,n nl,iert wt,lrh Tia 1,rnfcssor hus ior years
,,,,s ~ ",..i'. ~. T., ,,a ,,n t,"@ ,,s rasIt
souIn' " n..nsa y. es ipe .'' .. 80 'sS".s ~.
cross Gva nc s OCEAN W BY tho % sao ." ncans. s. Tbs
llna|lty aImetl at is tho foundation of a per.
mnna,, ,uw ,,rnr w,icl, tl,c ,nni..rn srhnnl
~ u"., "M m" NY" ,.,,., 'o a.,s 1,.ot.oo,.
1ltng expects 10 ,nuku such ii thoroughly ma-
terlal demonstration pf Tic eastern cur
rent theory that its existence cannot
bo te'1i doubted. Tho balloon, wiicl, is build.
ing, Ill philadelphia, y second only ~ stze
to tho mammoth vessel III which Donaldson
wus to l,ayo crossed the Atlantic d fu,y years
uso, 1t is sphorlcnl il shape, aud IS rr,alo Of
rubber cloth, Which, Is 50 prepared trat It Is
not only tlnperv!ous to leat Ut cold, but cull-
nut be penetrated by gus or moisture. Ono
si te principal atawIasks to aesosta'on has
Of balloons through the constant loss Of gas,
which rapidly lcslks through llnol!, eOtt1ls
Tue euse Ut yarnisl lIas nearly rlways resl.lte4
In r0ttllg the texture Mlu rendering 1t unsafe.
tested 80 well that tito Professor expects TO
fully cheek iMrcolAtion. II the bAl!oon floats
within n tlugrce, Gr eyGh .fow tteErccs, ,ot
due et!Ht ttl tlnvcrsing tlie Atr hctWpe'l 1lill-
neapolls n,la t'!o cvast u WI! satlSiy Sly !,lm
letter written q few days nRO he bnys:
~" You !g'1lluss understand tllo theory Of
| the Herald governing tts predictions 0f tho
@ iasiEs M SSsS % VIII Is Il ncers s'Sts itsss IT,
ilo to enlarge an that matter 1lero; sl,illrc 1t
to say tllat tic s'sil tl,eory il tho keynute to
ny aStion l believe y y md: further tt'a!l ,n
tG trati! ot hs theory Is ald of the baloS!i,
pluclpg n, object, Observable at nll ttl,rs iIi
| the Min'nstpherc, Which catlnot possibly
mere H' q nas r q te + Ss es'fss give" 1t by TIC '''o-
| iii othor WORDS, tllo balloon, # It iloatss
i5esy s Il ssEa M ", isat1r III q
n{,r x uitl's for lie lin. tiMs parl ot lis atmospcrs
itscif, ilu continues:
"You will understand. therefore,. that my
present enleayur Ii undertaken Will! H. yiuW
| 10 tic l!na! transatlantic voyage. 1t II nut
tl,at l sut my particular ,yalnu oil q yuyuyo
from tho Mississippi river tu tho scn cUust4
for r,ny bu thwartcd .in. tho atu!Mpt to
tlons m iii il. tlio Why 10 cluar suiiing IN an oyur-
iasiI vayngr, coInparol With ono over tho
Iigi,t' eoyvr1,cd by tic aplaitIauo known lis
sSpsstetcv s; ] Tor ,iiysol!, l,lcl. ,leetloJ ulti
arS Y Viii viii b. Iikely IL rUconn!xe
t1e ya!uo ot oxpurieiIce ii tl!e latter Wn!lyrc.
forts. T1 nc il uppcars tilat Isucli ps.ictlc,ll
knawlcdgo call bo etinci by yoyago si,c.
~inilv mMsfn nm,l lnnEinE 10 the rai,Ifcnaiits
~ M orsan voynrc. f6r ti1e iitiicultins uf
sl,el, nn ul,iesiaE}ll;, eTo grpat aiid lu,lst bo
i,Ist wit,t ali to skill pnsstblo 10 ba actlllisu
Il, ffstcr."tnaIl r. n nrs,nnsifjT, IN stitss tjl1