SALOMON See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

AUGUST See also:

• ANDREE, KARL (1808-1875)
• SALOMON AUGUST ANDREE (1854-1897 ?)

ANDREE (1854-1897 ?)  , See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish engineer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Grenna, on See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• VETTER [Vallee or Wetter, often written, with the addition of the definite article, Vettern]

Vetter, on the 18th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1854 . After See also:

• EDUCATION

education at the See also:

• STOCKHOLM

Stockholm technical See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, he studied See also:

• AERONAUTICS

aeronautics, and in 1895 elaborated a See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan for See also:

• CROSSING

crossing the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north polar region by a See also:

• BALLOON

balloon which should be in some degree dirigible by sails and trailing See also:

• ROPES, JOHN CODMAN (1836–1899)

ropes . After an abortive effort in 1896, the winds being contrary, he started with two companions from Danes See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, See also:

• SPITSBERGEN (the name being Dutch is incorrectly, though commonly, spelled Spitzbergen)

Spitsbergen, on the I1th of See also:

• JULY

July 1897 . The party was never seen, again, nor is the manner of its See also:

• FATE

fate known . Of several expeditions sent in See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search of it, the first started in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1897, on the strength of a See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report of cries of See also:

• DISTRESS

distress heard by shipwrecked sailors at Spitsbergen; in 1888 and 1899 parties searched the north See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast and the New See also:

• SIBERIA

Siberia Islands; and in May 1899 Dr Nathorst headed an expedition to eastern See also:

• GREENLAND (Danish, &c., Gronland)

Greenland . None was successful, and only scanty See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information was obtained or inferred from the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of a few buoys (on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of Spitsbergen, See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway, See also:

• ICELAND (Dan. Island)

Iceland, &c.) which the balloonists had arranged to drop, and a See also:

• MESSAGE (a word occurring in slightly different forms in several languages, e.g. Fr. message, Span. mensaje, Ital. messagio; adapted from the Low Lat. missaticum, from mittere)

message taken from a See also:

• CARRIER
• CARRIER, JEAN BAPTISTE (1956-1794)

carrier See also:

• PIGEON

pigeon despatched from the balloon two days after its ascent . There were also messages in two of the buoys, but they dated only from the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day of the ascent . The others were empty .