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THE long series of pilot-balloon ascents made at and near Batavia (lat. 6° 11′ S., long, 106° 50′ E.) during the years 1909–17 has given a fair knowledge of the system of air-currents over West Java up to great heights. The general outcome of this investigation has been communicated to the Royal Academy of Science of Amsterdam.1 My endeavour to explain that system led to a controversy between Dr. Braak and myself and Prof. van Everdingen.2 After renewed consideration of the problem I have come to new results which I propose to set out provisionally here.
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VAN BEMMELEN, W. The Antitrades. Nature 109, 172–173 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109172a0
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