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SINCE 1926, balloons made of ‘Vulpro’ rubber tissue, manufactured by the Vultex Products, Ltd., London, have been made use of in the India Meteorological Department with gradually increasing success. These balloons are made at the Upper Air Observatory, Agra, more or less after the method described by Mr. J. H. Field in the Memoirs of the India Meteorological Department, vol. 24, pt. 5. Considerable difficulty was at first experienced in joining the tissue, but after extensive trials it was found that satisfactory joints could be made without difficulty by ordinary Dunlop rubber solution diluted with carbon tetrachloride.
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CHATTERJEE, G. Balloons for Upper Air Work. Nature 124, 793–794 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124793c0
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