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As soon as he made his readings of cosmic rays above Mexico, he dashed for a north-bound train. At Kansas City he said good-by to Mrs. Compton and Alan. They proceded to Chicago & home, he to Winnipeg. He wants to get to Chesterfield Inlet north of Churchill in...
*Last week unmanned balloons sent up 17½ mi. (a record) by Germany's Professor Erich Regener brought down evidence limiting Piccard's observation that the intensity of cosmic rays increases steadily with altitude. Above 39,000 ft. the intensity tends to become constant.
Not so kind were the German men of science to the obscure Swiss who had become a world figure overnight. He had not conferred with such eminent students of the stratosphere as Regener, Hergesell, Hansen. His instruments were inadequate; Regener's devices would have permitted accurate measurements. Science already knew...