Word: ballooning
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Henry Helm Clayton of the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory gave a very interesting lecture in the Living Room of the Union last night, on "Navigating the Air." The lecture was illustrated by a large number of lantern-slides showing the growth of the balloon and illustrating the topics on which the lecturer spoke...
...said Mr. Clayton, and we are now beginning the conquest of the air. It was only after the lifting power of the atmosphere and the heating power of gas were discovered that man first rose in the air. Only two years after the discovery of the balloon, Dr. Jeffries of Boston made an ascent for a scientific study of the atmosphere, and soon after crossed the English Channel in his balloon. As was found out after these experiments, the upper strata of the air at a distance of more than five or six miles from the earth, were both...
Probably no experiments are being watched more closely by people of all interests in this country and abroad at the present time than the attempts of men to overcome the laws of nature and to gain a mastery of the air. In succession, the gas balloon, the dirigible balloon and now the aeroplane have been experimented with at the cost of great sums of money and infinite skill, and the strides made in the past few years have been marvelous. The imaginations of fifty years ago are being approached by several of the most skillful inventors, and the results achieved...
...Clayton speaks in the Union tonight from a far-reaching experience in the study of conditions of the air and also from a large amount of practical experience in ballooning. He was in the German balloon "Pommern" which last year won the international long distance race from St. Louis, landing at Asbury Park, New Jersey, and it was said that this remarkable flight was due in large measure to Mr. Clayton's intimate knowledge of the upper air currents. His experience thus has been practical as well as theoretical and his observations on "Navigating the Air" will be of great...
Last year Mr. Clayton spoke in the Union on his experiences in the international balloon race from St. Louis to New Jersey. Mr. Clayton has been astronomical observer at Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the University Observatory, and since 1894 has been meteorologist at the Blue Hill Observatory, Milton. He has written many books upon meteorology and has invented several instruments...