Through the courtesy of Father Gherel of the Siccawei observatory, the *North-China Herald" fable to state. the. following scien tite data which concern meteorologt-
card's daring ascent may confirm cal science and which "Prot, Plemodify.
Temperature of the stratosphere: is it constant or increasing or. decreasing and. what fa ita ah Pressure in the upper what variation?
Electrical potential of the it increasing' or decreasing. or con stant? Does it, follow the yana tions of temperature?
Composition of the air in the stratosphere: what gases. and. Dercentage of each compose 1¢?
Quantify and. presence of water vapour, to explain the remarkable clouds observed at a height of 20 ity: is it increasing or decreasing or consta Ozone: its height, its thickness ray: are they all from the outside or also partially from the earth's What is their Tonisation of the air: fs. it increasing with height or not?
Wind's direction and intensity'in the stratosphere and just before it.
Many of these data had already been obtained bj sound ing balloons equipped with registering instruments, but Prof. Pie-ascent brought up much ble instruments, The any conclusions of Prof. Ficeard, will be that this is only his second ascent, and it did not Last more than six hours in the real stratosphere. Having used very good instruments his data are fa first class check of all that had been obtained by means of sounding. balloons,
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