Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . Fig. 154.—Major Moeclebeck. Fig. 155.—Captain von Sigsfeld. desirable to make simultaneous ascents from a number of placeswith a view to mapping out the state of the atmosphere afterthe manner adopted in the meteorological reports publishedfrom day to day. This has given rise to an internationalorganisation for the purpose of making such ascents, whichmostly take place on the first Thursday in every month. GastonTissandier started the idea, and on July 1
Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . Fig. 154.—Major Moeclebeck. Fig. 155.—Captain von Sigsfeld. desirable to make simultaneous ascents from a number of placeswith a view to mapping out the state of the atmosphere afterthe manner adopted in the meteorological reports publishedfrom day to day. This has given rise to an internationalorganisation for the purpose of making such ascents, whichmostly take place on the first Thursday in every month. GastonTissandier started the idea, and on July 14th, 1893, simultaneousascents were made from Berlin and Stockholm. On August 4th,1894, ascents were made from Berlin, Goteborg, and St. Peters-burg. Later tests on these lines were undertaken by an SCIENTIFIC BALLOONING. 253 international organisation consisting of Botch, the director of theBlue Hill Observatory in America ; Besancon, de Fonvielle,Herrnite, and Teisserenc de Bort in France ; Assmann, Erk,Hergesell, Moedebeck and the Balloon Corps in Germany; Y. Alexander in England ; Colonel von Kowanko, ColonelPorniort
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