p. 777 | THE HIGH ATMOSPHERE

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 16, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 49.

THE HIGH ATMOSPHERE.

BEYOND 29,000 feet above sea level, the height reached by Glaisher in 1862, man has never been able to navigate the air. Various problems concerning the region further away—such as the temperature, the pressure, the amount of moisture, the composition of the air, etc.—have attracted the attention of physicists and have at last led to the experiments of M. Hermite, who during the last few months has been sending up pilot balloons, carrying registering apparatus. These balloons are very light, with a capacity of about 100 to 200 cubic feet. Falling at distances from Paris ranging up to 200 miles, the balloons have nearly all been returned by their finders, as requested on a card attached to each, and one has brought down records from a height of 30,000 feet. The instruments used are very light and simple. With larger balloons and systematic exploration, it is hoped that the secrets of the air, up to at least 40,000 feet, may be made as familiar to us as those of the deepest and darkest depths of the sea are gradually becoming.