CONDITIONS AT HIGH ALTITUDES.
BELGIAN RESEARCH. (CXITED FEXS3 AMOOATIOir— BT BUCTCC TELEGRAPH—COPTBIOHT.) (Received June 12th, 9.45 p.m.) BRUSSELS, June 12. A sum of £12,G00 has been given to Professor Picard, of Brussels University, to enable him to construct a balloon capable of rising 52,300 feet, where the Professor will make a study of cosmic rays and other atmospheric problems. . . Specialists express the opinion tan great air liners will in a few years be travelling at these altitudes.—Australian Press Assoication.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19644, 13 June 1929, Page 8
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79CONDITIONS AT HIGH ALTITUDES. Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19644, 13 June 1929, Page 8
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