Artificial Rain-making

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 23, 4 June 1903, Page 6

Artificial Rain-making

Dr lUrf^/L ys ?*£ ,^ c were inf °™ned by cable that a LhvlS' p f f M ? lbou ™c. had succeeded in producing o? M?v ?n ?u lu^^ of K as " The Melbourne ' Age ' m<>I y rnnrin g M J the following particulars of the experiments conducted by the inventor • drought K1?K 1 ?" 18 , made Tr b y Vr. McCarthy m certain which it K^ P H rt v of Vlctor ia with an invention, by hom-s Ll C l aim £V hat . rain can be Produced within 32 K P hvin° U l y irOV^ thl £? ccn tres, a column of gas made by certain chemicals. The gas. if sent ud for a oTSTnes 01 ' t32t 32 ho " r J !'. + w j ll Produce 'rain S ?ver P a rang? wind fronf any altltu T de - wi <^ any sky, and with the Sinrf ll r a y cc l uar^ r - I d <> not need to wait until the T nl<E ?& S usual y rainy quarter. In one experiment ..ft, the barometric conditions were quite unfavorable yet I produced the rain. The gas, you see causes vacuum i^ho St^f a °\ th l the Tn nt l e oi «• heat storm, And. is filled, bY the dense clouds that contain the rain These clouds come down until within the gravity of the earth when SS fou, C H ndß \? h % /am/ am > s different from X ordinary hoen m h in T * tl?e dl f tric . ts in w bich the experiments have ocen made It is a tropiral rain, coming from very lofty regions, being slight at first, and then, later, deswndimr Son^SnrtSTS 1 ' 8 - and bUCkC ; tS fulL My operation! hay? been conducted in an enclosure, 12 feet by 8 feet nnvm, fu! 1 "^ 1 °f cours^ g^e away my secret, I may a^Cnc^^^^^^t^s^ haV ° tO be «*"** iS , .^ the f Presence of the members of a syndicate which dm w n micd to cx J )loit Dr - McCarthy's invention, the an a lf t an aOOa 000 ""* o f the experiments he conducted on April 24 on an estate managed by Mr. Ross, at Serw ;T' Ingl f° nd ',' niesc experiments resulted, it was alleged in a tropical downpour of over 1 inch of ll\ n r* U l a dl9trirt , wh °5 c rainfall during the past eight yocx s has been only 65 points. Messrs. Teesdale and Ballentine, members of the syndicate, who accompanied the doctor during his work, confirmed his narrative; ;S; S l a l^ that every stage of the atmospheric changes witnessed had been predicted before the experiments began • and declared that Mr. Ross assessed the improvement to bl snaild5 n a i ld paused by the artificially produced rainfall at A"*". 0 - The cfTects WGrc - Jt was further explained, secured with only one gas centre, and the rain came down after the heavens had been bombarded by the secret gaseous batteries for fifteen hours. It was announced that the doctor will visit other parts of Victoria on a rain producing mission if the owners of the properties likely to be benefited Guarantee a given sum on the process proving efhcacious. l h