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ed in one second, whereas five would have been required af 
the earth’s surface. 
15. Respiration was laborious and painful—the faculties 
were blunted—the cold was insufferable, especially in the 
hands, and more particularly in.the one employed for hold- 
ing on by a pole, which felt like iron, producing torpidity 
and cramp ; and it was necessary to interchange the hands, 
alternately protecting one in the clothes. 
16. Ether, in a drop on the objective glass of the telescope, 
evaporated in 43 seconds: porous substances, sponges, cloth 
and cork, lost half their weight—but wood, paper, pasteboard 
and metals, lost less weight.* 
17. An electrical machine did not give any marks of ex- 
citement, but many circumstances influence this excitement, 
and Gay Lussac, in his truly philosophical ascent, found 
electricity and magnetism in undiminished energy. 
painful circumstances in which he was placed, opened the 
valve for the escape of gas, and his floater evinced that he was 
descending—while the mercury in the barometer at the same 
time ascended. Luminous points soon began to appear on the 
earth, which he reached in safety, and having secured his 
balloon and instruments, returned with his companion to 
New-York.— Abstracted from the New-York Literary Ga- 
zette, of December 23, 1826. 
than in any other place in the furnace, and where it is con- 
stantly varying, in consequence of the introduction of fresh 
