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\jUUOWlUIl! tfcilll illfYt UU JII iW ^VVVI^ «UV MI*CWof compensation for improvements.—/ri.lt;A Thr*p*.To tub North Polk ik a Balloon-.—The invariable failure which has hitherto attended nautical expeditions to the Arctic regions has induced two spirited Eronclimen, Messieurs Tissandier and do Fou virile, to undertake the daring enterprise of reaching the north pole in a balloon. The machine in which tho bold adventurers arc alnnit to embark on their perilous journey, and which is appropriately named ** Le Pole Nord/* is now being completed in the Champ de Mars, which tho Government have placed at their disposal for the purpose. This monster balloon, beside which even the famous Grant would seem a mere toy, will contain over iO,(MH) cubic metres of gas, and is composed entirely of a cloth manufactured from caoutchouc, which will allow- of great expansion in the rarefied strata of the atmosphere. The seams uniting the different pieces form a total length of three English miles. The car, a marvel, it is said, of strength and Irrhtness, is constructed to carry ten passengers, 4000 pounds of ballast, anti provisions for a month. Wccan only hope this bold enterprise may be attended with better luck than the aerial ilight of the lt;leant in 18G3.11 Schismatic a l Confirmation ” of Scotch
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Edinburgh Evening Courant

Edinburgh, Midlothian, GB

Mon, Jun 14, 1869

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