Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-22
HAS A BROTHER WITH
POLAR EXPEDITION.
Colorado Springs Has a Direct Inter.
est In the Latest Effort to Estab-
lish New "Farthest North.
Colorado Springs Gazette).

Colorado Springs Gazette).
Robert l.. Vinyard. brother OF A. L.
Vinyard OF this city. is member of
the Baldwin-Ziegler Arctic expedi-
| ton which set out last week for the
north pole. Mr. vlnyard represents
the Hearst syndicate staff of journal.
lists,
The expedition started out from
Tromsoe Sweden. last Monday, with
the most up-todate equipment OF sci
entific furnishings ever constructed.
This is especially true as regards
the apparatus designed to let the world
know OF the progress made by the ex-
peditlon. The equipment consists of
30 balloons. each of which will be
loaded with ten message buoys when
ready to be liberated. to carry back
intelligence of the intrepid mariners.
These balloons. as well as large
amount of the other equipment, were
designed for Baldwin by his cousin
Ivy Baldwin. late sergeant of the U.
5. signal corps. temporarily in Den
YER.
Ivy Baldwin was assisted In his
work by his two brothers. Samuel and
Thomas Baldwin. and member of
the expedition. Sachleben. who is well
known from his Asiatic bicycle trips
IN search of Mr.. Lentz. The appa-
ratus was constructed at the Bald
win home in Quincy, H., last spring.
They made 40 small special balloons
sor the expedition. These balloons
are about 17ts feet in diameter when
illed with the gas that will be used
hydrogen. They have cubic volume
Df 5000 feet. and lifting power of
90 pounds at the surface of the earth.
-Four hundred small copper balls five
inches In diameter, hollow and nick
,led on the outside. are to be used In
connection with the balloons. to send
back to civilization intelligence of the
expedition.
Ten of thes balls will be attach
I'd to each balloon. They will be sus-
pended one from another. and by a
lever device so arranged that when
he lowest one touches the earth, IT.
will be released Immediately. TIE
weight of each ball and apparatus is
ten pounds. In each is an air-tigft
,opper cylinder, in which the mes
,age will be placed These balls will
ioat and their bright surface can he
seen n long distance in the sunlight.
AS soon as one ball is released the
balloon will again mount upward. from
he decreased weight. and may go
many miles before 1t drops off the
lext buoy.
1t is estimated that Immediately af-
er being released the balloons will
mount to height of 1000 feet. and
hat they will stay up several days.
| md 1t may be weeks under proper n
nospheric conditions. This power
md the large duplication. of messages.
lenders it almost certain that the
world will be kept well informed of
| he progress. In addition to these
balloons, larger one. "a feet In d.
| ameter with a capacity of 1000 feet
| " hydrogen, and power at the earth
If about 355 pounds was constructed
| or Baldwin's use. From this he will
AXE photographs and observations.
| An important part of the apparatus
s. a wind-break TO protect the bal
'oons while they are being filed with
;as. This is made of strips of can
| Nhs, IN Iaitice FORM, win apertureS
'wo inches two inches by two. to break
he wind. The gas Is to be formed
by pouring water on snlphuric acid
md iron filings. 1t takes $50 pounds
If acid. $50 pounds Of iron filings and
1000 pounds of water to generate gas
enough for the small balloons.
All of the balloons are made of the
finest kind of silk and cotton cloth.
soaked in linseed oil. q
The apparatus fovs vsdropping of the
message buoys is of aluminium and
very light 1t was designed by Ivy
Baldwin