The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-01
ACROSS ALPS IN A BALLOON
NoVEL FLIGHT AND ITS IMPORTANT
SCIENTIFIC RESULTS.

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They We're Four Miles High and Tray
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was naae oi Japanese Pohsee SIX Vi sfeo'
sHehS'n' anu "as III iof'S -esht meliuiohai .hnh-
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Inc INFERIOR IeceNed Blk coas oi Vafhish ana
mo eA'eflof TOUT 'oaeA ne covering net was
made Oh An!ou hemp' treated win ruDoer' Inc
weigh' OF tne oai'oon' WIN ahcnof' ropes anu
all, was s't kilograms Inc oa'las.' sclen,hc
instruments ana passengers aaoeu zooo ki,o-
grams 30 that the balloon had 10 NV ooso kilo-
grams IL required i've Jays F" III inc pali"oh
win gas anu 'hen 'hefe was uciaE vi 'nlee
Jays Delore tne weather hppedrtu IhNofdOle
The wind must be IN the proper direction and
the air ho' 700 ciouoy 10 prevent exact oDsefNa-
uoils iio' oaiioohs were sem up anu iiaiis
sho"eu 'ha' .he "ihu SET III tue proper aifec'i"n
70 carry 'he oailooh uitec'is over the Alps ana
inc oura T. e., from 'he southwest
Four men heid 'he ropes OF 'he capuve balloon
ready TO loose them az the signal Inc passen-
gers CLIMBED in'o the car ,hht swung oehealh IL
and threw OUT SACKS OF palias' equai 10 thelr
weight NJ npeitenhi cried laissez tout
uet go an ana 'he huge oai'ooh malesucaiv fose
amid the shouts OF thousands OF spectators Tor
| scientihc men had come from all over Europe TO
| see the experiment herr Helm tells inc story
| OF the trip as follows;
IL was 1908 A. NJ as the vega rose AT first
we as'ehded al 'he ta'e Of over ya1d second
but soon commenced to go faster We felt the
wind OF the valley no longer at 200 feet but stood
still for moment poised In air, The next
niihutc iloo' VIC iei' WIG Sou'heoss Win vi INC
upper air. and the balloon darted to northeast at
| lightning speed, IN straight line Inc shadow
OF the balloon Tell on the clouds with startling
| distinctness.
And now we waited with bated breath to learn
our fate Would we be dashed against the noun
| tain by powerful wind current or-and at 1l:4l
| our doubts were settled as we scared above the
highest peak OF the mountain uo6l6 feeD, reach
ing height OF 1882 feet above sea level Our
| course did not diverge a moment from straight
line. When we were $500 feet over the valley
| We travelled horizontally 10 feet second: when
we were LOCO feet high we moved horizontally
80 feet second but now we went first at 81 feet,
then at So feet a second. over mile minute.
The currents OF air in the valley give not the
least intlmatlon OF the direction or force OF the
upper currents Our course so long as we were in
the upper current OF air was asonshingly straight
for We diverged from the direct route In our course
| hardly hall mile 10 right or left We were borne