British Empire Article


Weather Balloon


The plan was to tie salt in small containers with a gunpowder fuse to attempt to explode and disperse the salt onto suitable cloud formations. This particular picture is from the US in the 1950s but shows the same kind of weather balloon in common usage.


Rain Stimulation in East Africa Article


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