STRUCTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN CLEAR WEATHER

by Cave, C.J.P

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London:: Cambridge Univ.,, 1912. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; spine ends & cover tips worn; otherwise good.. + index. Profuse b&w photos, drawings, charts, + statistical tables. Documented soundings of 200 pilot balloon ascents, 1907-09, to determine if upper atmosphere wind has same direction / velocity as at surface, & to numerically calculate deviations. `Recent rise in aviation...makes it necessary to investigate nature of currents in the free air above the surface of the earth.' ||| Studies were largely in the one- to nine-kilometer height range.