SCIENTISTS 10,000 FEET UP.
Perched on the spur of the Jungfrau, ten thousand feet, high, is a new Institute of Scientific Research. It was opened recently, scientists from many different countries attending the ceremony and perhaps having their first view from the Alps. Everything is there for research work on the effect of height on various botanical, chemical, and physical matters, and soon there is to be an astronomical section also.
The institute ha* been built with a legacy from a Swiss banker, who was also responsible for the funicular railway up the Jungfrau. It is thanks to this railway that it was possible to build the insitute at such a height.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20988, 26 September 1931, Page 2 (Supplement)
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