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readied an elevation of nearly 4000 feet, and was maintained at a high elevation 

 for fully two hours without much manipulation of the reel. The kite behaved 

 well from ascent to landing, and an interesting and valuable record was looked 



FIG. 3. Nassau, Bahama Islands. Record made in flight of July 2, 1903, 3 to 6 p. m. 



for; but to our dismay on examining the meteorograph it was found that the 

 clock had stopped within fifteen minutes after the beginning of the ascent. 

 Save for the maximum and minimum points of pressure, temperature, and 

 humidity, and the altitude observations, there was no record of one of the 



