NUCLEAR ENERGY
AMERICAN RESEARCH AT EQUATOR
BALLOONS SENT TO HEIGHT OF 18 MILES
(Rec. 9 p.m.), NEW YORK, Nov. 23. Scientists who had sent balloons 97,000 feet above the equator to get information on nuclear energy had reported excellent results, said Dr. M. H. Shamos. Assistant Professor of Physics at New York University, to-day. The experiments had yielded excellent results on the physical side, but it would take about a year to analyse the information. Dr. Shamos was one of 16 scientists who took part in experiments under contract to the Office of Naval Research. They launched 12 balloons filled with helium from the aircraftcarrier Palau from November 10 to November 19 near Eguritanamo, Jamaica. The balloons, after reaching the stratosphere, automatically released loads of scientific equipment, Which dropped by parachute. Naval Vessels recovered the equipment from the ocean.
Several balloons carried photographic plates to record what happened When cosmic rays passed through layers of lead, carbon, tin, and iron.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25970, 25 November 1949, Page 7
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