Word: kites
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...most interesting results of the year's work have been in the observations made with the meridian photometer, and in the experiments with kites at the Blue Hill Observatory. As a result of observations taken on 152 nights the total number of photometric settings is 100, 052, which is greater than that obtained in any previous year. The observations of all the stars north of 40 degrees, of the magnitude of 7.5 and brighter, are nearly completed. The exploration of the upper air with kites lifting automatic instruments which record atmospheric conditions has been continued. Last September records were brought...
...kite-shaped running track at Brown will be finished early in the spring...