The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-06-17

ioonists like Henry Ginishcr and his assistant
James coxwell. both Britons. who in September,
1852 rose 10 an altitude calculated by them as
about seven miles. which Was higher than that
attained by Major Schroeder. the American Eyer.
In his recent sensational jump al Dayton. o.
Glnisher's experience was especially valuable
from the standpoint Of the person who wants 70
know what IL Is like W there because the aspl-
rator quilt working at an altitude OF i've niles
Writing for the British Association for Balloon
Experiments as 10 What happened after reaching
the nve-me level he said:
"Up 70 this time had taken observations with
comfort. aud experienced no difficulty whatever
In breathing.
Then having discharged sand. rose stiil
higher The aspirator became Troublesome 10 work
and began 70 ind difficulty In seeing
could not see the column ~ mercury In the wet
bulb thermometer. nor the hands o. the watch.
nor the nne division Of any Instrument
shortly after laid my arm on the table, pos
sessed Of Its FUN yigor. but on being DESTROYS u
using Il a little later found u poweriess. tried
70 move the other arm: found n poweriess also.
tried 10 shake myself and succeeded. but seemed
TO have no limbs
Il dfmly saw Mr Ccxwel and endeayored 20
sneak to him but could not. Then. In an instant.
intense darkness osercame me. - that the optic
nerve lost power suddenly. but was sslli con
scious with as active brain ar the present
seized with aSphyxia and believed should ex-
perience nothing more as death would come
less We speedily descended: other thoughts
entering my mind when suddenly became uncon-
scIous.
Il canno, tell anything q the sense Of hearing
a. no sound reaches the air TO break tbs perfeci
silence q the regions between six and seven miles
above the earth"
The balloon finally began 10 descend after Cox.
we'll who retained consciousness even longer than
his chief had managed to pun the valve rvpe with
his teeth
Both men rexained consciousness after the bal
Ioon had descended several thousand feet. and
they managed 10 make safe landing.
Two facts having direct bearing on the quer-
ton a. 10 atmospheric conditions above the earth
were established b. them. one 4 than sounds
IKE that made By passing railroad traits stil
be- heard AZ a height o. about fesr miles bat that
a. six miles there q perfect silence
The other Il that up 70 a certain point -rieufih-
caIy referred 70 as the level where -invsrsiou q
atmosphere occurs. the fall u the usercufy Az
erares shout one degree Fahrenheit 70 every 800
feet
In Aprii. 1915 81 Castor Ti.sandIer and two
eosnsanions confirmed these findings when they
rose from Paris ia q balloon 10 height u nearly
tx miles. but In tbs the exredltion VAS
narred ~ the fact thar both co'upanion, = n Tis-
sund.e~ having Less sfailinn than he the Brit
80 aeronnnfs. died befors the ras bag returned
20 ne ground
II further corrobornfion = desired a. 20 COO.
dillon. a. they exist the rst lap ~ the serial
tourney into TIE yolG they can b. had from The
snu.rieuces o. the atistors who. since The advent
Of airIslanes have tried 20 reach the nd o. The
worlds atmosphsre
Two u the most prominent Of these. az least
among the American aviaforS. have been Major
Schroeder and Roland Rohlfs. who have engaged
In a unique contest FOR highest records above the
clouds.
Major Schroeder In his Eight fe~t weeks ago at
tanned an altitude Of 5000 feet. At which height
hgs thermometer registered 50 degrees below zero
eenfigrade or 81 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
So IN his case as well rs In that Of Rohifs when
he reached 5000 feet In July last. and that Of
AdJutant Casaie, OF the French srrry who g.