Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-11-04
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,-,u FLIGHT INTO SPACE VAS ! Al FaaI3 IN 17s3.

n IGni' .11
 rerished !" Their Attempts ''
 'sass the Air.
 a,.+ attempts to make ascen-
 - l ,,oans of balloons were made
 .;s ys ir the year 17S3. Pilatre des
 rs was the first and most illns'ri, ''.r
 tre long list of aeronauts who
 ea,1on victims 10 their desire to
 .oo inc art Of aerostatics'
 r,,lv and August of the year 11s3
 pas @ filed with hydrogen gas were
 ~ frora Paris, and in September
 .soi,les the first balloon was sent
 Lighted 'sI, with living animals
 .no same year Montgolfier con-
 =, Q balloon which he claimed
 bo capable of carrying passen-
 s;s workshop being in the gardens
 raubourg St. Antoine. The bal
 Uas sixty feet in heisht ana iof'v
 hroad It's exterior was richly
 pd and embroidered, there being
 sented upon it the twelve signs Of
 odae, the arms of the king of
 ee and numberless fieurs-de-lis and
 down. amid a crowd of grotesque
 and garlands of flowers. a flock
 cles. with extended wings. that
 e1 to be flying and supporting the balloon upon their shoulders.
 nv the balloon proper was con- ted a circular platform of wicker
 covered with silk. which was as a car. This platform was very l and was surrounded by a balus-
 to prevent the aeronauts from
 g out. In the center of this plat
 or car was an opening, below N was suspended by chains an iron
 which was to be used for rarefy- be mir in the balloon. while in one pr was a magazine intended for the Ing up of an immense quantity or M which served as fuel.
 5atre des Rosters, generally alone. |nt one time accompanied by the huis dArlandes and on another oc- 5n by NJ. Girond de Villette, had as ? pd in the balloon without cutting Erope which held it captive to a Ut of 1,290 feet.
 siers had much difficulty in obtain permission from the king To make Sseent without being held down by sfone but consent vas at last se- El. and on the .9th Of November, | everything was made ready. Dur 1he day the wind and rain were yio- 1 and it WAS found necessary to bone the ascent The next day, the l the weather was more favorable, @t f:SS9 ia the e sternesH in the pres ! Of tHe Gauphin and his suit Pl- l des Rosters and the Marquis q Ar es set cut together rom the Jar de Ia Muctte upo:l the fist aerial lge eye! attempted and perfor.ea I. kEind WAS still yery rough and the ther stormy, bat in spite of these lyantagPs the balloon rose rapidly. living passed over Paris and be e free frem all fear of getting en- Ged among the buildings of the clg, kaeronautS suffered themselves to raa considerably until they found nselyes ia q fresh current of air, n bore thvA in southerly direc- Yer proceeding a few niles further 4lfe WAS allowed to die out, and the Don descended about five miles from 7s Wien the aeronauts returned to Staate2u de la Muette, they were Ned With the utmost enthusiasm by assembled crowds. Benjamin Frank Fas q TitGe of the whole specta- 8ahd when asked what he thought \ ne replied, T have seen q child
 #hcf @ay eae day be q man" ffostatics had advanced to such a Eee that cA the 7th of January,
 Blanchard, a rival of Rosters, Eed over the channel from Dover ealas.
 Rslers vas spurred on by Blanch-
 success and set to work con- r.ls balloon which, when com fa he called an aeromonts golfer. pASlsted of an immense balloon of oseh gas, with a large cylinder Eu uhdef it. the use of 1t being 10
 'Ae air without losing gas. zleA ! favorable day haa arrived, 1e ior the ,laSt time made his P1iddons. He was assisted hy a pgS4e physician named Romain, 'h W. ''3'4e b, liS3, taey stepped into
 "s.fl' the rogos N.cre cast 0:ii', and
 "'oai rose with the utmost maj from the earth.
 |',. "ea Il had risen about POO feet, it l it a lft@h cusTcnt of air which Si 0ifcctll toward Che sea. If sgon \ 'l'o5&ef= current Wlief rapidly
 H u pack @sain- possibly may f, "eeh 1Ae desire of the aeroaaut : 1 ae 4e.ia lo find d more favorable c;s;.- !, ,,' "if' Tor while opening thp valve |pro. o'e coid air into lis cylin,,er un- a,eif bo" d h;'se rent WAS made in