The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-03
i GREAT BALLO0NIST
Saston Tissandier and His Adj
ventures IN the Sky.
THE FUTURE or HUMAN FLIGHT.
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r.,.e a. the most scienssfic publications
81 che dav. La Nature. He Is auss~.
modest and reserved, but most cordial.
and when speaking On a stDsect Nhsen
snrereexs him. especially wren taisias
ON aeronautics or showing MS wonder
xai collection OF ciriosities referring 20
halIocnng. he becomes quite ardent
Ills eyes light up. he speaks rapidly
and the wonderful rf1esSSy yiasea mas
sfssbied him to do 80 much IN the
course Of his career - betrayed In every
word and gesture
Castor Tissassxsier il a Partisan by
birth. and on the 2ist OF November or
1his yexsr viii be 52 years old On his
snpther's side Sc is descended from a
remarkable sciertist. LhcrItssr de Brti-
tesles. Hs was ed,tcated At the Lycse
Eaaafs-ae and afterwards entered the
Conservative dcs Arts 81 Meters, as
papsi OF p. r. Ueherutga. ~ the age OK
u he was appointed director OF the Tx
detrimental ar1dAn8iytsesi Laboratory OF
the Unson Genrrale, a most important
Industrial establishment. While here he
ocntribrtesl frequently 10 the Moniteur
Gcsentldque. and discovered 8 new
from cider apple pulp 1t wsas at the
age OF 25. however. that he commenced
the aaeensfons which have made his
name famous. Ills first ascension was
undertaken at Calais on the 18th OF
August. 1865. in company with the
eeronaut Durs,of The result Of it was
that Tlxsandier was encouraged TO hope
that By the use OF the various ar cur
rsHfs II might be possible. after all. TO
soive the problem OF the direction OF
balloons. BY rising and falling In their
balloon the two aegonants on that occa-
eian we're able 70 pfocsed in a given
ei1rrstian d distance Of Is kitp.neterz
and, II this otaarw&s unrenlarkai5se
ascension was 50 greatly discussed at
the time, Ii WAS because II seemed that
AT last. that Is 10 say by a proper ap-
psieation OF the nsstIra, forces. the
problem seserref to might be considered
70 be capable Of solution. II may be re-
marked here that although NJ. lis
randler has since that time E1ade no less
than IS aeeensIonz. he does not consider
the problem any nearer solution than II
was a quarter Of a century ago. az viii
transpire from the conversation which
have had recently with him.
AZ. Tissasadier lives on the fifth floor
Of a iaotern house In the rue de Cha
teaudun In a iuxuriously furnished
apartment The ante-chamber Is filed
with bookshelves and with cases full 6f
cuxlozstses referring 10 the science with
which his name Is associated. Against
she walls OF the anee-ehanEber. as of the
passages which lead from IL 10 the
vaTfot:t rooms. are pictures. mostly OF
the tssst century. depicting the heroes OF
oerostatics and varisas historical ascen-
sions. In The fire drawing room. into
which the visitor Is shown. are to be re-
marked n series or drawings. represent
Ing the various episodes of the terrible
ascension Of 1876. which nearly cost NJ.
Tfssandie- his life This was the Assem-
sion OF the balloon Zenith on the 18th
OF April, following closely anon the In
augursll ascension undertaken In that
balloon on March %. whea AT. Tisss,f-
der. In company with his brother Al
bert. a Mr. Jofsert and Messrs. Coce-
SF,.neili and Sivei remained over 3
hours in the air. thus beating the record
of the world IN the matter of length Of
n ha.ieon voyage. Starting ST noon on
Its secord voyage. the Zenith. manned
by Messrs. CASTOR Tissaadier. croce-
SfsinelH and Slvei. sooa reached an altf-
fade which had never been reached by
baiifstn asefere. that is 10 say an aiti-
tstsie OF $500 meters. Before this
height had been reached NJ Tissaneiier
lost consciousness. and on recovering
that Is ~ say. when The balloon had de-
sceraSsed 10 an altitude OF 7.ooa meters.
he saad tie horror 10 discover that his
two companions. less fortunate than
himself, had passed from the swooa
20 ssath. Not Discouraged by this
fearful experience. tslst1sf- 9'issansiger
continued his experiments and ascen-
rleus. IN 1851 he showed at the exhI-
hilton az electricity At the Palace dc
fistinst11a the model of an electric
tfirlgtbie balloon, which sssirsed 81 salts
factary tIiat some time after, having In
vain tried 10 form u eampaay. he assoc
ssIafeTi himself with his brother Albert
ard AZ their own expense constructed st
al aerestatfr workshop nj Autauil a
wssrisifg atfstsip OF the same pattern. in
which al ascension was first made on
tbs Sth Of October, Issg Although the
results oil; ssaesi were mot such as 10
allow II 10 lie thought that the problem
e Steefiag balloons had been solved. II
seemed established THAI Il must a,e IN
the use % eiectr4Sal apparatus that the
solution Of this problem must be ex-
rscted. cspts Kgnbs and Renar,i OF
tie government aeraStattc service took
up the iiea. and at Calais Meu,.on OBJ
tatsasd scaie greatly superior results
with improved apparatus.
al Is chiefly beeai1se 81 tho s,,ccess
o. these gentlemen" said NJ. Tissan-
der. that l havs ~ lat. atsandonas ,,,,,
Investigations. Ally hgSaher ana I have
been the FIRST To applaud che success az
AeSsrs. krNhs ard Renard. because
where the sSiess~i interests If science or
% fatheriana are concerned there can
and should be no question ~ PERSONAL.
ttesl'
tsssten Tfsssndier'x work room. where
az table coverva with papers ana
books. with his hack 10 a hqzse book.
case. reachsssg from door - ceiling tho
ssvsns receives his visitors. sxy2sas ,,z
slases1g ctAer objects az irsevaS, thA
nsiaae plaster east ~ \ ggs,.l,, ,,e,ssx,,s>s
BY the SCULPTOR Cla,ssega "a lssl rhges
Il was tnteaaed 70 erect On ~, r,a>e
aes Tosierfss. Sd ho-sor az TIE hrssaerx
MoEtga'fier The cSSs. which was
never executed. represents a Geu.as in
Narag a balloon by means q q burning
tereA Two mslse euns,ss preseist 10 a
sitting woman. WHO may he supposed N
fsI'seSeEf France. - Fame. a rx.e4allsga
ca wslsch sre designed II psugle thA
asacs q The ssxo sTosaeFS who <fss,ov-
eFS1 os2Eocssins. Behsad sits a figure