Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-08-13
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the balloon will be so close that waste
of gas will be reduced to minimum,
while it's Car will be a two stored con-
Germ, containing d bedchamber, store
cupboards and dark room for photo
graphic purposes.
Mr.. Andrea points out that in 1878
M. Henri Giffard exhibited a balloon
capable Of lifting 26, 400 pounds, and
that Messrs Poisenilles and Graham
constructed all experimental one yards
in diameter, which only lost IL pounds
OF it's bearing power in month. M.
Gabriel Yon of Paris, celebrated max
or, is quite willing to construct bal
loon to meet Mr.. Andree' s requirements.
The gas employed would be hydrogen,
manufactured in the arctic regions in a
transportable apparatus or conveyed in
compressed state to the spot, the
amount necessary for imitation being
5000 cubic yards The balloon would
be furnished with cocoanut fiber bas-
kets, to be towed on water and so d.
minish speed when required, as we'll as
ballast ropes which would regulate the
height Of the balloon above the surface
some 272 yards, therefore beneath the
lowest layers of cloud.
A feature Of the balloon will be the
attachment of sail and cable by which
Mr.. Andree is confident he will be in
some measure enabled to direct his
course He has already tested it with
success, and during the coming year
will endeavor to perfect or at least i'm.
prove the invention. The cable, or guide
rope, when paid out touches the surface
Of the earth or sea, as the case may be,
and this friction prevents the balloon
from turning round and also slackens
its speed. If the guide rope is hooked
on to the central strop and the sail hoist
ed, the course of the balloon is not af
fected, and it travels with the wind
but if the guide rope is hooked on tx
one of the northern strops the vino
catches it at an angle, and the balloon
course is deviated toward the right O.
the pole. The opposite effect is causet
by attaching the sail and rope to one O.
the southern strops.
The only attempt at surveying ant
mapping the unknown wastes durin;
tho aerial journey would be by the al,
Of photography, as it is presumed tina
the rate Of travel would be too great t.
allow of other observations being made
The flight will be made from the Nor
ways, some islands off the northwes
coast Of Spitzbergen, and if all goe
we'll the pole will be passed in 40 hour
or thereabouts, if the moderate pace Q
II miles an hour is maintained, Will
if the current is as strong as that whic
blew the two French aeronauts in 1877
from Paris to the Lifjeld mountains, i
Norway, five to six hours will suffic
for that part Of the trip. The journey
it is believed by Mr.. Andree, will be cor
tinued to the northwestern shores {
America.
Mr.. Andree points out that the arcti
regions are admirably suited for aeris
navigation, the temperatures being ever
the sun up the whole day, the surfac
clear of vegetation and electric dix
charges Of rare occurrence. He has a.
ready acquired considerable knowledg
of the frigid zone, having spent fiv
summers in arctic America and two i
Spitzbergen. New York Herald.