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I MUST confess that I am very sceptical as to a sounding balloon having reached 37,000 metres or a pilot balloon 39,000 metres, as mentioned in NATURE for June 3, p. 437, although such heights would be possible if sufficiently large balloons were employed.
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DINES, W. Attainment of High Levels in the Atmosphere. Nature 105, 454 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105454a0
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