de Fonvielle, and an apparatus was
constructed by M. P^ul Bert. The
"Etoile Polaire" sterted at 11.40
A.M. from the La Villette easworks,
and at 12.4 p.m. had reached 5,000
metres. The temperature, which
was + 13° C. on tlie ground, had
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was almoBt suffocated, but hy naiiig the milk wu adahcnsed
the oxygenised-air respintor he 12 to 30 per cemL <d vafeo; ws
recovered. His pnlae, which was no other adahrfant. Tht :
beating 86 on the groimd, was beat- was adnkrratcd wish aizB. aad ix
ins 140, and with the respirator 120 some inctaaoei it eantaorri a lar^
only. These experiments were con- quantitT of taoidj maner. T*« :L:<ir
ducted from 12.4 to 1.30 p.nL, when was adnherated wtxh alaa. xr^i nx
the balloon had reached 7,400 metres, of the runp?f» coctaocd pi£ cr
where the thermometer ssink to— 24'. sandj mat&er. T^ lea was cxibl-
The descent took place at 2L12 pooed of cxhasssed aind o±caT«i
P.M. at Bar-sur-Seine, 120 miles leaTea, soeagtheoed bj loe atiii^uL
from Paris. On landing, the tem- of some stringpnt gssA, Tht ccjS^^
perature was + 17°. When not was adnkcrasai wiui <£Mrr a^
using the respirator the sky seemed burnt sugar. The ram was iz^j
quite dark, but the blue colour was sporioiia, being new whasikcj swceK-
restored when respiring oxygenised ^ed wiUi treacle, aiyi beukz 25 per
air. The altitude is higher than coit. under proof. Twec^-tu«e
any French aeronaut has reached up well watezs med in Jhihiin. were ex-
to the present time, but Mr. Glaisher, amiiied, and of toese 16 proved zo
without the help of any oxygenised be loaded with daogerwis orgaus
air, navigated the atmosphere on impuritka, aad were uaerlj w:±i
several occasions to that distance fa* use. Foartccn specixoe&s of p««a
from the sea-level — as on August wall p^er oa sale in the c^'were
28, 1862, April 18, 1863, June 26, examined, and aH of thea z<0iz,i Vj
1863, &C. He had no feeling tk be adooied with aneakal gruc
suffocation except when he reached Lobster Breeding. — ^A koiser
10,000 metres on SeptCTiber 5, 1862. 