The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-09
some NEW BALLOON |DE As
Twin SystemScheme to Make Long
Voyages Feasible.
hydrogen and Hot Air Balloons to
Work in Tandem. Hot Air TO
Raise and Lower the Outfit.
viii Keep Hydrogen Intact
for Carrying Purposes.
!M. eavlne, a hnsslan living ln fnrls

tor carrying purposes.
nj. caylpe, q Russian living III FRrIs,
who is at once scientist and maker
of pictures for illustrated newspapers,
has invented balloon Of novel design
with which he hopes to accomplish some
remarkable things, the first of which is
q voyage from New York to Europe,
and tho second--starting with the warm
weather next ycar--a journey 70 the
pole. To arrange for the first mentioned
voyage an agent has been appointed in
81 Knoll of New York city.
SO far ms lifting power is concolneu
there is nothing novel in NJ. SAVINGS
invention. He utilities the hydrogen gas
bag commonly i'll use among ballosriists,
with the usual basket below it This
gas bag is OF 5000 cubic meters capaci.
ty. and tile basket will hold two mon.
No ballast of any kind is carried i'll this
Basket, save such supplies Of food and
drink rs would be needed i'll long voy-
,aees. II is in the substitute for ballast
that M. Savine has developed novelty
AT the end of o cable. 40 meters long.
hanging below the basket, is suspended
a second balloon of 1000 cubic meters
capacity. with "a stout metal car at
ltached that Will carry two men. 800 Kill
ograms of petroleum, and an apparatus
for burning the oil. and by its combus-
tiun TO heat air for initiating this lower
balloon.
Tho operation Of the whole outfit. ~
described by M. Kroll. ia easily under
stood. On initiating the upper gas bag
with hydrogen the lifting power OBJ
tained Will be sufficient to carry mp the
entire outfit to n moderate height-pos-
Eibiy high enough 20 reach steady
current Of mir flowing in the direction
in which it is desired TO travel
In this case it will he necessary, nc
cording TO M. Knoll. merely to let tho
balloon travel. In case, however, the
hydrogen balloon does not raise the out
fit TO the desired altitude, the crew OF
the lower balloon will fire up their ap-
paratus and initiate the lower balloon
Naturally this will gradually relieve tho
upper balloon Of the weight suspended
below it, and so the whole concern will
continue 10 rise until the sought for cur
rent is reached. Then the fire in the
lower balloon will be turned down, or
entirely Off, rs may be needed to hold
the balloon at its proper altitude.
Eventually, of course. the hot air will
cool off bit and tho upper balloon Kill
be unable to maintain the altitude.
Then, too, the favoring current of air
may cease to flow or may change its
course. In such cases as these il will be
necessary to again fire up the apparatus
mr. pft ot, I,a !, ,S,
Keep tho balloons III tho old current OF
lift them to higher level in search of
new current. In case they get too high
weight can easily be added to tho load
on tho upper balloon bt Debating tha
lower one, aud go the hydrogen gas can
bo kept intact and the balloons bc sunk
or raised, as the balloonists may choose.
al. kroll's description Of the appara-
tus for heating the air was not detailed,
but he said in general that tho potrole-
um would be carried in rubber bags and
fed by pipes to u system Of 400 burners
or jets. set like gas burners in Yankees
butter cake baker, the flames being six
centimeters long and the area OF the ar
Sangemcnt Of burners one square meter.
Above this heating surface Il metal conc
would capture the hot air and conduct
1t into the bag above. The system pro-
vides for carrying 500 kilograms Of Pc
troleum, and it is calculated that this
would entirely fill tho lower bag &C
times. III. SAVING thinks this will be
ample for ell alterations in ballast dur
Ing the time needed for even a VOYAGE
TO the pole and back III. Kroll SAYS
that experiments have been made with
the cir heater in tho presence of many
balloon experts in Paris, and chat 90
minutes was the average time requi1ed
to I'LL the bag holding 600 cubic me-
ter8-
The date for starting for the pole is
fixed for day next June, and the start
ing point "a to be Spitzbergen island.
Tho time for smiling from New Y ork for
Paris win be fixed whenever any Nsw
York capitalist Ia sufficiently interested
in such dnings to contribute matter Ct
$4,000 GU eio. 600 for preliminary ex-
pansea>--New York Sun.
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