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Show senousiy: auccica souargc; a jmmugr -i.u. laljbriql'pntcrprislngnd ;pebplo astaithc MagawnblMarkofc' '; tt if .,...;. p-v v - A OAllP..., s, , s .,yieling;to.thorequest.pf friends t !whp liftvo desirodr.ma sto -.make, sdm . explicit BtatemontnoEniiy; purpose i I undertaking transatIantic.(!'Voyhgdf t :deem';tho occa9i6nrpprbjpriat0f; for a i f expression, in general ' terms afrm i vioffS Pn'the aft oE?ballboning.;-" Th: : the air-shin, Oit(3ClJbwTprkvillta( icbmplislr Uie dcsife'd'',nB,;iy haVp'r reason to" doubttfbfc koo wjti : Jobsfaclescan fltb 'etjcccssEul' progress, Q , tlio,. undo i taklngj hlchftth9 ampKmoansv .flaci x at,Bay command will not permit mo-1 , romporad. It is my intention to crp :.ihb Atlantto wiUup view tp ;practTc e experiment' and? careful ohserva'tio -t'andvhetlier thoattempt shall prove sSticciess'pr -'o. -failure it will at lea " tliaviS'8eVveduthd ptirposo T)E throwjj a ftiew light, uporihAhcPry'oE ' a'orona 0 63'."' ' BV; :! S t , come ptcvalerit that no e3S.ehtial ini prpvoaipnts in thp art:o ballboflinj have been,effected, since thPtaof th r oxperimcnjts, instituted .by. thb brttkir ; Montgolficri that , the effortssbt mbden acrpaautshayb resulted, in np' dceidc . advance nponiho discoVeriea 'oE tl , Vastbentury; .and th'at;pp practical: of i feet cari iolloV the most successful at ,tcmpt to navigato aerial vessels. ; j! llnskcgtieism fails .tb'dousticp ,ti f' the' parties who have , given , iheir ,tim L and attention to thp scicncdbE acron auUca j' for ftfiflqf. itJadmitfcd that th 4 progress qi the .artjias'. been sloy, an! that thpiuiricacics.ofiadelicate'prob lein liaVo nbVyet beep, fully "jjiastercd !i it would b o iillo to deny that our kno w i lcdgVbt tho cunrcnls of t-thoj' air M ; beengrbattyenlafgcij by practical . ex ' perimen arid.by' theibvestigation P :diatinguishpdcten.tiflc mentor that ; actubl-iniprovc il f. ;'tho. construbtibni'aud' viniinagem6ntvP i b'alipbns.V -That - nbmdrd,: rapjd pro : grea ha3;bccn;ntdpMp duo'-t tuo fact' that soyei:pighths bE tho whol .numbcrio;;peraqna 'cngagcd.in;thb'pbr : "suit of Iho art arp' nbtpracttcal inyes ? tigators, but i ;merelycxhibitor3, whos t highest pmbitton Islsatisficd by'-. jc t. cuniary rpward,.arid'" vhosb . essays 1 1: balippPing arorconfinc limited , as I .nUbnsi.uringJtlio.p.asK I :iit lea!st!'thrcbto t tibhs'hbvoltakeii place in different part 1 pf ' tlio TJiutcd States, and, incttidin 2 aerontiuta aft'd' passengers somb' eit i thousand'.. 'persons, haye niadbaem vpy"agcsrp greater pr ,cs3;!'duratioi c, ; (i't ; ihii Jwholej nuloiKer, it.is;npiau;uii Jair estimated say,;' that ;hardlyonc 3 ctghth'-havc pai-fdkcnt'air bE- a' sci cntihC;cUaracterj and yct,.ip.Jtho; 'f ac . o;tliis actrpnpugU;hM.ih prpvpH.liatrthbJd ybyageCarb not puivalebt' to thbso o I bthbr,.jnodcs: o E'-'traybVtor while ili l pipcriments. itt 'baUooning -.hayb r commbnlv been conducted by IndJ , perienced persons, buV a-singlo life hs been lost, ;and, that catastf opp was' p i CasioneiTby shecrcarclessless,, t.,r fef to 'tUoctofl10' 1 dopol claim; tH 1 ;iiig.thc'orie,;.6hfthcexistcncd.c aii ;currontsHWTwentyv .years, Binco ,,flJ Charlearbbncfw x clwed p -iltosultotXfrt ' ;pe)rTpacn&hicKhV $hjiya,''!6 wesftdbas'tahtt " I mbspherq?similaiibcrvatiobs'e iubs,cquontli.ni French ;.aer J naiite; aintliis countryi lrof..W3 - .discpvefdUtliexisfeb curre - iu!i6'iiwor"o'ar1x U1?'1 I eponuients. '"My ovm i'ciperien( ,t whenever I liavp'attalned- any consi t crablo, altitude, Uaaverified thistheoi :t. Iiafer Investigations, however,, ha pr5vc4 tli& this iasieriy, current dc r mt ollvays e&isfi tit tllpsamb altituc 3' It magbn3ralIy WfbuW:by --; Ihg.tp tho high) d two and a hi o pules, butiis uptppfrequently encoui $ dred.atahltitudebfinly e lbyseokiog thiargrcatairj-currcnttl E theftrati3atlantic voyago, must, bo t - N o!aefphiu t cwH fclaim V tltatblloo caE.bpm4db use f tiltlor :lpcaf-travel, ., p- tho proccss oE displacing-; air iforJil ing tho.b.urthc?ij. for, .tho p.bwousrre son 'that hoTnecljafilcap pp-or, &tf;li6d.Cda bQdy sdlajgp as si oall6on,would gto ,anyn(eadvays.pv io ttQderato'rcczbV .Bp$ fbrlo: in yoyagesand'Ebrro thb AUant 1 nbthibgKIthinkV'.can.4T6 fetter; th m thb;cWmbyiiailobn,prpy i iy ,tacWen't8?'lik5 tbbsoi; havp.-alrea at invpdvpFbhiething"" better for 1 c- saoib purpose?, db n,Qt protend tl fforhayo'0ught''aeriai;,nayigatiou at pcrfQCrbn; noif dp "Tf belieyd tlia a of qSb pcrnlPcr fi,n iife' indlyidual.daybloed.lthp .scientific i ed .plication, qf. team, jiovyer, or Jirouj to tho maguetiptelegrapb; to its. pros (safstatp "..dfbmpletcncss, and tho, sa Mljrbmork applics.tb tlib, artp.E ballot mV.ihgr. ffcisjime .howcveJthat so aj one ahould.makb a,liold jush, pern isi; tijjg1thb;rprld Cp giVoita verdict as ng wilCand ehdoavbttQ effecE somo l :tlcafdcraQtraK " the spirifbTinquiry and lnvcstigat! -f pctse, or to make an occasional c: g cwrsion, the aerdnauticart will. over ,ri io waia where it is; - ! ;, s Some Tcqj)U may think that I a n insane, rash, Pf a seeker after ;f am' d but Ihia is not tlfo" case.. Ih'avo: fi to twoyeW8 Hooly considered the subjw 5- an4 fasiVe: proiyided .fpf 5 bvcry ''contii ;geacy ,1. intended tomakd my fir trip across tlp ocean entirely a priya :P undewkingj, but: finding - that' tl io amount oE cxpcnsc "to bo incHrfcd woul i- byerta- roy personal, means', X haj to' been domponeu,;to'"annpuncaa;,publi id exIubiUpp vhilp 'preparing , fb tl '"jypyaS0, am confidenof sucqessifi 1, 'yariou's reasonsif ' ! "" 'rr r- l?irst-I hayoi; largep'aiibon,whic is KaS a dapacity ;pE; j25,O0.O bubtp.fce thprbEorei'sVutdilthec xp if mor0! pprfect, than ;;Uiosb which .ai n usuplly constructed,, it ViU Retain. in power forj a longer pcrlodl ". E ;.SccQndriiayo aevised' mcchanici )- appliancesifpf. raisiugranil Ibjvpring'ti fp hwlbbn while initbb'8ir,"withbutbxpei p diturQ;otho liEtingpojvcr.f j; ThirtMX, have ,;inventcd , anv at s- paratus i or indicating UiodiffercnVcu so rctits bplow, so, that advantago can :1 j- Uken,o;thcsd;rtCurrcnfa,s8houId'I fit in 8iyscl;going iobJ fdf;. north; of. Ibutl 3 SWuld, any .accident' pcqurj;dr - shqul rs the' ballopn; machinery, .fail ta'saccbn i- pllslli. its work,. tub 'mctallcj;lifc-bba t3t which wlU' bo.susfaendcd'-p ig iSfiigbd'hyith sailsVarid wilproyou lit ficicntly;Strong;to endure; any .scoi. ' ai ;- Xt 3'. truoilwouldvhav proferri n'.i anbtbpr season otho,ycar;,jfor xtn'e ir: taking tliis firstigrcat expenment'i fcf transatlantic aprial nayigtttibnjr'b i4 ah"6ttld;this fa-st'atWmpt'at ' anv explb d .lngbspcumpnaa tcrra jt,' notpro o nttrolysuccbssEuV X-Bhairnot :bt A p, couragodnodetbrrcu;: f rom instituti E-bxpc'riirfcnfsi.wilh, to. tKc.CausopE failure and ' thbrcmi St therdfdfI;Bhaipd8upp with,, t- tho philosbphical apparatus necossar; is te'n?bterq " 57, bcrlal:navigation is bvut, perfected e- wili bo.accomplishcd,.by '.persdyerar l cyon In Iho midstPfopppsitiotf and fci' traction,' I amwilling tb take' tho ri tl and iEXean,do;anything to add,in-fi r - over small'a moasuro,to thostbrobf i e- sctcntific knpwlcugC,U;SUaU,feel; x- repaid; ' t v ?. !H, I haybvfto"ddubt, but'ehenah a f venf bbpb that the time. ia";npt far d it tahtwhenKwe csin traVoMrt-thof i iro withputho,aid o balloons '.fpc a buo 0v anXfprco. I have already devised iso plan ibrafi:aerial carriage, which c int be Bavigaicd at' a high rate o f speed bf s'oqn'aa'8. propblling power Pan bo jd iff covorcdi.tho.yfeight okwhich shall Idbulone thlrtloE that wo now "cmpli ry. It only, requires some shrewd and i ivonelligbntiuyentortp do this, and aci; )cs-navigation will tccomo a practi lb., aciencoi 4 : ' td is - ,i .fT. S. C. Lowe, al uXthOjWeather.prpycs favorable,; at- yrdrk oinflalEingthbbairoonwill bp It WdayT At all ev'bnfsrtho'public |