There has recently been successfully completed at Holloway, near London, the largest balloon in the world. It has a capacity of 100,000 cubic feet, weighs 2250 pounds, and will lift an additional ton. It is to be used in making meteorological observations for a period of six days without descending.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LVI, Issue 2277, 6 August 1894, Page 2
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