ON NINE BALLOON ASCENTS IN 1863 AND 1864. 



Balloon Ascent, from Wolverhampton, September 29, 1863. 



209 



9. 



10, 



11. 



12. 



13. 



14. 



15. 



16. 



17. 



(16) Stratus clouds, some on our level, and some at a higher elevation. 



9il\ T^® actinometer reading decreased on exposing the chamber of the instrument. 



(18) A very great variety of clouds. 



(19) Stratus on our level; sixteen distinct cumuli resting apparently on the earth; like 

 the smoke on discharging ordnance : dark shadow on the ground. 



(20) Beautiful tinge of blue. 



foo^ i^*^°^^'^^*®''°°^^''^°'^^' "''^*' patches of Ught on the earth. 



{^^) bmoke streammg up to a height of l-J- mile ; counted forty separate emnuli, appa- 

 ^rently restmg on the earth. ^^ 



! (^) ^as clear ; examined balloon internally for holes or rents, 

 i (^4) Gas clear; examined the balloon internally for rents; the dome of the balloon appeared 



1864"''''^^ ^ ^^^ ' ^°^^ ^°°^"S through a volume of gas apparently enlarge objects ? 



