Dr It. G. Simmers, of the Meteorological Office, when speaking to the Wellington llotary Club yesterday, explained that the direction and strength oi the wind were obtained through the liberation of rubber gas-filled balloons, observed with the aid of a theodolite. These observations were even made at night, when each balloon had a lantern, which was observable for long distances. “That accounts,” said Dr Simmers, “for the fact that there are times when we are rung up bv someone reporting a shooting star going in the wrong direction.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 219, 14 August 1940, Page 2
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