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skin, which she described as having been deadly pale, now
assumed a lively red colour; a clear and subtile liquid
oozed from every puncture the ants had left; the swelling
and stiffness of the joint gradually abated; and on the 25th
evening of July, she walked home with the help of a stick,
and before Winter, perfectly recovered the use of her
limb.—She continued the full enjoyment of her health till
this Spring, when she caught the measles, which, added
to repeated attacks of influenza, carried her off the 16tl^
day of June last past—18Q2.
BALLOON INTELLIGENCE IMPROVED ;
Or new Anecdotes of the Ascension of Mr. Robertson and Mr. Lhoest, al
Hamburgh, in July last.
This account seems the most useful and truly scientific
of any we have yet read. Mr. Robertson and his friend
ascended to the height of 2600 toises, when the cold be-
came so intense, as to compel them to descend, which they
did near Winsen on theLuhe; but the inhabitants taking
them for spectres, fled with the utmost consternation, car-
rying with them their. catt|e, &c.; and the aeronauts, fear-
ful of being fired at, were obliged to reascend, and con-
tinued their voyage to Wichtenbeck, near Zell, having
traversed over a space pf 25. French leagues in five hours.
When the balloon rose, says Mr. Robertson, the baro-
meter was at 28 inches. At eleven o’clock the machine,
which had not been entirely filled, became so dilated,
that the inflammable air issued with a loud noise from the
lower tube. As this aperture was not sufficient, I was
obliged to open the upper valve.—It remained open nearly
a quarter of an hour, during which time the balloon
ascended in a perpendicular direction : at intervals we
threw out some ballast.—The atmosphere below us was
^erpne, but above us, it was somewhat cloudy.
Although
skin, which she described as having been deadly pale, now
assumed a lively red colour; a clear and subtile liquid
oozed from every puncture the ants had left; the swelling
and stiffness of the joint gradually abated; and on the 25th
evening of July, she walked home with the help of a stick,
and before Winter, perfectly recovered the use of her
limb.—She continued the full enjoyment of her health till
this Spring, when she caught the measles, which, added
to repeated attacks of influenza, carried her off the 16tl^
day of June last past—18Q2.
BALLOON INTELLIGENCE IMPROVED ;
Or new Anecdotes of the Ascension of Mr. Robertson and Mr. Lhoest, al
Hamburgh, in July last.
This account seems the most useful and truly scientific
of any we have yet read. Mr. Robertson and his friend
ascended to the height of 2600 toises, when the cold be-
came so intense, as to compel them to descend, which they
did near Winsen on theLuhe; but the inhabitants taking
them for spectres, fled with the utmost consternation, car-
rying with them their. catt|e, &c.; and the aeronauts, fear-
ful of being fired at, were obliged to reascend, and con-
tinued their voyage to Wichtenbeck, near Zell, having
traversed over a space pf 25. French leagues in five hours.
When the balloon rose, says Mr. Robertson, the baro-
meter was at 28 inches. At eleven o’clock the machine,
which had not been entirely filled, became so dilated,
that the inflammable air issued with a loud noise from the
lower tube. As this aperture was not sufficient, I was
obliged to open the upper valve.—It remained open nearly
a quarter of an hour, during which time the balloon
ascended in a perpendicular direction : at intervals we
threw out some ballast.—The atmosphere below us was
^erpne, but above us, it was somewhat cloudy.
Although