Show transcontinental balloon voyage the barat larget 0 st balloon ill hi the hie world vi orld according to tile sun still Fratto francisco isco chronicle cifuni ce lias has recently bec licchi built it hi that city hi sir mr A P 1 van tassel it lias has a capacity of cubic feet feel of gas as and ami lias has been for the special purpose of enabling the biell known acron aeronaut atit to andr take a journey across the coutil lepit from ocean to ocean the height from tile floor of the nicker car to the lop of alie gas s reservoir is feet and of the dilated reservoir alone 78 feet The envelope is made of finely cloth manufactured manufacture expressly for the purpose and I 1 is s v varnished ns as usual in order to I 1 a ke it 0 gas as tight light the car has tion fur for fifteen persons it II is about twenty one feet feel lit in filid and the ships anra thirty four indies high hiigli I 1 the supporting orling ropes tire nrc kept in pl place ice by the usual concen tries hydrogen en gas wilt will lie ile used for inflation indenting the llie balau balloon the cost of the lit re is stat slated il to be sir van fit tassel lus his hall considerable c lit in aerial trav traveling ding having crossed the avit hita fountains feet above sea level ills his pres is ambitious ilian tiny lie has made inide A careful study of the llie verial aerial curl calls leads hini him to ll elice lit at by seeking the llie proper stratum strati ini of air lie can call catri cil last east annl fit nt at high speed pos possibly silly filpi an hour the arc r eite cully it y nili ill probably pro baly lie in line deif to lie rocky noc ky mountains winch which modify tile of lie fir air currents over a lai laige laie e area of the tl 0 o continent A it t is expected that tile voyage will lie he begun sometime about llie life lat of july should it survive lie trip the I 1 gwilt guilt balloon bil luon will hu ho hack back to lo san kan 1 iain isco where it 11 will 10 placed pl icca on of exhibition |