ON NINE BALLOON ASCENTS IN 1863 AND 18G4. 



Balloon Ascent, from "Wolverhampton, September 29, 1863. 



20; 



mometers (free). 



Diff. 



19 

 1-8 

 0-9 



2-2 



2'5 

 3-0 

 27 

 2-6 

 2-4 



2-5 



i-s' 



15 

 1-8 



I'2 



17 



1-8 

 1-9 



2-S 

 23 

 2-2 



19 



2'0 

 2"0 



'■9 

 1-7 

 I '4 



Dew-point 



408 

 40-9 

 40 o 



35-9 

 34'i 

 337 

 32-8 

 316 

 27-5 

 286 

 25-2 

 24-4 



22-9 



24-3 

 25-9 

 23-8 

 257 

 23-4 



247 



21'3 

 20-2 

 I9'2 

 1 6-2 



15-2 

 14-4 



13-8 

 13-8 

 16-4 

 167 

 17-9 



Gridiron 

 Thermo- 

 meter. 



41-5 



37-5 



29-5 



26-2 



25*0 

 24*0 



Dry and Wet Therms, (aspirated). 



Dry. 



45 'o 



37-5 



27'0 



26-5 



Wet. 



43-0 



35-2 



24-8 

 24-6 



Diff. 



2-3 



2-2 

 19 



Dew- 

 point. 



407 



32-1 



147 

 15-5 



Hygrometers. 



Daniell's. 

 Dew-point. 



4i'0 



35'S 

 [no dew, 

 38-0 



260 



26-5 



21'0 

 210 

 20*5 



15-0 



ISO 



15-5 



Regnault's. 

 Dew-point. 



Delicate 

 Blackened 

 Bulb Ther- 

 mometer. 



43-0 



36-0 

 34-2 



31-8 



31-5 

 3i'o 



27'2 



10. 



11. 



12. 



13. 



14. 



15. 



16. 



17. 



(19) Balloon is quite fiill, and on examination appeared to be quite sound. 



(20) Faint gleams of light. (21) Cannot get any dew on Eegnault's hygrometer. 

 (22) Gun lieard. (2.3) Over a town ; 'can see two spires. 



(24) Apparently moving more south. 



(2o) Dense clouds above il«, very high indeed ; there are two layers below us. 

 (26) A very winding canal. (27) Temperature of gas z^^-o in neck of balloon. 



(28) Temperatiu-e of gas in baUoon 29^°. (29) Gas clearing a little. 



(.30) No sun here, but is sliining on the landscape over a large space about 30 miles distant, 

 which appears vei-y bright in contrast with all around. 



(31) Many clouds apparently on the ground ; twelve cumuli in a patch. 



(32) Detached cumuli apparently resting on the ground, like huge swans in some places, in 

 Others as if there had been a simultaneous discharge of heavy ordnance ; three distinct layers 

 of cloud. 



