The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-04-23

last summer aud fall are stlll fresh Ina
the minds OF most persons They dcm-
onsUatcd the feasibility Of lf,nE
heavy weights by the force Of the wind
exercised on the kites. and will. no
douh.. prove OF immense advantage to
future acrunauts In the way OF en-
abllug them to direct their balluus.
Those who are Interested In follow
ing up such matters await with cx-
trcmc hopcfulncss the result Of the
proposed voyage to the polar regions
by swedish scientists. which was post
poncd last summer at the critical mo-
mcnt owing to uniayorahle winds aud
weather. but that the subject ~ rccoiv-
INK close attention Ii shown by the re-
markablo voyage recently made by "a
balloon named Touring Club. which
accomplished the Journey Of COS kllo-
metres t375 mllcsl from Paris to Agon.
This record has never been SUR
passed In length. except by two ascents
during the solgc Of Paris by the balloon
Vile dOrleans. which landed In Nor
way. and the General Chanzy. which
landed at Ausbach. In Bavaria.
Both Of these distances exceed the
record OF the Touring Club by few
kilometres only.
Only one Of the forty-four ascents
made under tho auspices OF the Sool-
ETY. for Aerial Navigation Of Berlin.
and only the two mentioned Of the six
/ ty-four balloons sent mp during the
selgo Of Paris have cqualed the dis
lance record OF the Touring Club.
incidentally the record for length OF
sojourn above the earth was also OK
cceded. and many new instruments
were tested and will have wide bear
Ing on the PROPOSED International study
OF atmospheric conditions by means oil
stationary balloons.
The balloon itself was made Of China
silk and had cubic content OF Loo
metres Five hundred Kilograms o
ballast were taken. making the tota
weight. including instruments and bal
loonist, 735 Kilograms: altogethol
something over a ton. The two aero
nauts were MeHsru. George DesaooI
and Maurice Farman. The anchor car
ried was OF an original design. a crap,
mel with two stocks.
The valve was studied with partlcu
lar care, permitting the gas to escape
rapidly when the balloon was to max,
landing. without requiring contin
ued strain on the cord TO bring into
play special mechanism. The latitude
reached was never very high. and II re-
qulrod an hour 90 attain two thousand
feet. the theory OF Mr. nfmcon bcinI
that when one an loriakca an extended
voyage ln point OF time, Il Is necessary
20 ROMAN In n low altitude. 80 as {,
husband the supply OF gas. The great
or portion Of the voyage was made al
II height OF about aoyon hundred feet
The balloon assembled AZ Paris earl,
In the morning. and followed the dlrec.
ton of the railroad line to Orleans. Tn,
descent was made at a quarter pasl
three on the afternoon OF the next day
In the nolghborhood OF Agen. aite'
having been In the air more than thirty
hours, The rate OF travel OF the bat
loon varied from fifteen to nifty miles
an hour.
one Of the features Of this voyage
was the distribution OF printed blanks
asking certain questions, whlLh were
to be filled up and returned ny who
ever found them Nine thousnnd OF
these were sent out during the voyage
and about one hundred ana nf.J have
been returned, furnishing I'm -ortant
data