The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . Continental Governments are takingpart in this work, and some are sending outspecial vessels for the purpose of obtaining recordsfrom over the sea. England is to be representedby four land stations, one near Portsmouth, onenear Manchester, one in Herefordshire, and one inScotland. The plan is to send up balloons with very lightself-recording instruments hanging from the balloons attain a bight of ten or moremiles before falling to the ground. A label isattached to the instruments offering a reward andgiving instructions to the finder.
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . Continental Governments are takingpart in this work, and some are sending outspecial vessels for the purpose of obtaining recordsfrom over the sea. England is to be representedby four land stations, one near Portsmouth, onenear Manchester, one in Herefordshire, and one inScotland. The plan is to send up balloons with very lightself-recording instruments hanging from the balloons attain a bight of ten or moremiles before falling to the ground. A label isattached to the instruments offering a reward andgiving instructions to the finder. It is hoped thatany person finding one of these instruments w illcommunicate with the address given, and so helpto carry out the object of the inquiry. Manymeteorologists hope that information may beobtained which will in time lead to more certaintyin the forecasting of the weather, 142 MARK LANE EXPRESS AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL July 22, IDO; HILL & SMITH, Brierley Hill, Stalls Manufacturers of IRON & WIRE FENCING, CATTLE HURDLES, & u .1 4 ,\
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