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CURIOUS APPEARANCE OF THE EARFh.-',lay.
ton recently made a successful ascension IN bal
loon from Columbus, Ohio Among the remarks
of his journal of the erial trip. we were s'rucS by
the following:


From the Questions that am frequently asked,
AN idea seems to exist with many that eronaut'
lose sight of the earth when at great nights. This
is n mistake; they never do, except when clouds
intervene, OF night appears. On the contrary the
earth is always like an immense concaNe map
painted different, colors, which designate not the
different townships counties, as the eoior'ng
Of maps generally do bat the various products OF
the soil. Tha, the Garth, which, in reality is CON
vcx, should appear to the 'eronaut to be eoneays,
NAV at first seem strange TO many but noment
reflection will render it clear. His horizon Us tfc
ouently upwards of hundred miles from bird
Draw a igh,-angled triangle, and make she nase
line fifty or sx,, times long as the pcrpend'tu-
lar, the hyrothcnuse and base vii! then he nearly
in the same line. The horizon appears to the
rronaut to be on perfect level with the car OF
the balloon; but the part of the earth directly nn-
derneath him seems at a great distance from ihn'
consequently the whole surface of the scene must
appear concoyc.