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[[start of clipping]] NOCTURNAL AEROSTATIC EXHIBITION. - Mr. Green is a very enterprising aeronaut, but certainly he has more of courage than prudence. The danger that of necessity results from a descent after night-fall, is incomparably greater than can arise from leaving the earth int he day-time. Zambecari ascended about the same hour from Bologna, and, with his companion Dr. Andreoli, narrowly-escaped destruction, by falling into the Adriatic. Madam Blanchard perished in consequence of a nocturnal ascent near Paris. This fate appears to be common to all who have dared the danger. ^[[Aug 6, 1826]] [[end of clipping]] [[start]] PASS TICKET. ^[[B Green?]] [[end]] [[start of clipping]] MR. GREEN'S NOCTURNAL ASCENTS. - Having now made three nocturnal ascents, Mr. Green says he is decidedly of opinion, that there is less danger or difficulty in making an ascent on a calm moonlight night than at any other time. The temperature of the air being more equable, the balloon is not exposed to those alternate rarefications and condensations which, in the day-time, cause much trouble to the aeronaut. The air is also more frequently in a state of perfect calm at nightfall than at any other time, and from this circumstance Mr. Green entertains a strong conviction that he shall be able to accomplish, to a certain extent, the desideratum of aerial navigation. Not that he expects to be able to navigate his balloon when the air is moving with any considerable velocity; on the contrary, he considers it, under such circumstances, utterly impracticable. The principle upon which the machinery is founded, is the resisting power of the air; and with a view of taking advantage of this, the machinery is constructed so as to act like a bellows, in pouring a considerable and continued stream of air in a direction opposite to that in which he wishes the balloon to move. The effect is expected to be produced by the resistance the current thus created will receive in striking against the sheet of air against which it is directed. The results of several experiments which Mr. Green has made, have so convinced him of the truth of this theory that he has already had machinery made for this purpose, which it is his intention of trying the first favourable opportunity. The weight of the machine is only 19lbs.It will discharge 70,000 gallons of air in eight minutes. The following experiment may serve to illustrate the principle: - A small balloon was let off in a room, purposely secured so as to exclude the least current of air. The balloon, therefore, hung perfectly stationary, having in its car a bladder filled with condensed air, the mouth of which was directed horizontally. On the removal of the plug which confined this air, the balloon began to move in an opposite direction, till it came in contact with the side of the room. On being turned round, it moved in a similar manner to the other end of the room. -Morning Chronicle. ^[[Aug 18, 1826]] [[end of clipping]] [[start of clipping]] ^[[Atlas Aug 20, 1826]] SCIENTIFIC NOTICES. NOCTURNAL AEROSTATION. - Mr. Green has again ascended from Vauxhall, and the intrepid aeronaut tells us that it is easier to navigate the air by night than by day. Wanting Mr. Green's practical experience, we cannot enter the field of controversy with him in this matter; though it must be sufficiently obvious, that obstacles, in a great measure of an unforeseen nature, may occur at the moment of descent, which is at all times the most dangerous part of the voyage. There is, however, one part of the statement which Mr. green has just put forth, which should not pass unnoticed. Mr. Green says, that he can readily navigate the air in any required direction, by means of a small orifice in a vessel of compressed air, contained within the balloon or car. To demonstrate the practicability of this scheme, he has recourse to a very puerile experiment, in which he shows that a small-balloon may actually be moved by an apparatus of this description. If Mr. Green would but examine the magnitude of the disturbing force resulting from a strong current of air in motion, and acting on the extended surface of his balloon, he would see how completely disproportionate his power of compression must be to the resistance of the wind. The truth is, that Mr. Green may be considered as an ingenious man - he is certainly a bold one, but no philosopher. [[end of clipping]] ^[[night flight]] ^[[no philosopher]] [[IMAGE - TILTED BALLOON LANDING IN FIELD WITH "CORONATION" WRITTEN ON IT]] ROYAL BALLOON UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF FRANCIS THIRKILL, ESQ., MAYOR, THE REV. B. GOE, VICAR, The following STEWARDS:-- REV. JOHN CAPARN. REV. THOMAS HOMER. JOHN WAITE, ESQ. WILLIAM BOUSFIELD, ESQ. HENRY GEE, ESQ. WILLIAM GARFIT, ESQ. JOSEPH CLAYPON, ESQ. SAMUEL WAITE, ESQ. MAJOR HART. JOHN ROBERT ROGERS, ESQ. THOMAS BROUGHTON, ESQ. THOMAS HOPKINS, ESQ. DR. BROWN. JOHN H. HOLLWAY, ESQ. SHADWORTH HODGSON, ESQ. DR. CRANE. J.B. MILLINGTON, ESQ. JAMES HOLLWAY, ESQ. AND A COMMITTEE. ---- MR. C. GREEN, In consequence of numerous solicitations from several respectable Individuals of Boston; and from the circumstance of hundreds being disappointed in witnessing his last Ascent, owing to the injury of his Balloon sustained obliging him to ascend earlier than he wished, most respectfully announces to the Gentry and Inhabitants of Boston and its Vicinity, that he intends making his FIFTY-NINTH ASCENT WITH HIS NEW, BEAUTIFUL AND STUPENDOUS BALLOON, (In which he made his late Nocturnal Ascents from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London,) ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST THE 30TH, 1826, AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, FROM A COMMODIOUS ENCLOSURE, IN BOSTON. This stupendous Aerostatic Machine is composed of 1080 yards of Silk in alternate colors of Crimson and Gold, and its dimensions and appearance when fully inflated cannot fair to excite the admiration and astonishment of every beholder; it contains 136,380 gallons of Gas, and when the Car is attached its height is 62 feet. Should the day prove calm, A PARACHUTE, Containing a LIVING ANIMAL, will be Launched from the Car, which will descend in safety within the Enclosure. N.B. On this occasion it is expected MR. GREEN will be accompanied by a Lady and Gentleman well known in Boston and the Neighbourhood. Many hundreds of persons having ascended with Mr. Green to a given height during the confinement of the Machine by ropes, at York, Worcester, Warwick, Newcastle, Shrewsbury, and at his late Nocturnal Ascents from London, it is Mr. Green's intention should the Weather permit, to practise the same on this occasion. A BAND OF MUSIC WILL BE STATIONS WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE. Tickets of admission to witness the process of Inflating and Launching the Balloon 2s. 6d. each, to be had at the Shop of J. BEVERLEY, Bookseller, Market-Place, Boston. Mr. G. requests that those Ladies and Gentlemen who intend to honor him with their Company will provide themselves with Tickets, to present Delay at the Doors. ---- THE BALLOON (Inflated with Gas) together with the CAR and APPENDAGES will be exhibited on TUESDAY the 29th of AUGUST, the day prior to the day of Ascent, and until one o'Clock at Noon on WEDNESDAY the 30th. Admission -- Ladies and Gentlemen 1s. each; Children and Servants half-price. BEVERLEY, PRINTER, BOSTON.
