The Kite As An Aid To Science

It ij s-iid thut e:pêriment3 aro about to b Uisd witk kitcs to asslst in diecovering the conditions of high altitudes. A camera wil! be attached to the kite and tho shutter will be workeó by an electric automanc device. In thrs way photogiaphs wiil be taken of the tops of the most inaccessible eijffs. It is also proposed to utilize kitss as a means of climbing to the tops of places vhich even most experienced tourists have failed to roach. Kites may bs made strong ecough to lift a light peraon to a great height, or they may be so handled in the wind as to draw a line over some point, and by means of this other lmes Eufiiciently strong to carry weight can be pulled over. An expedition of Bix persons from Princston University are about to undertake a trip to New Mexico tor the purpose of such exploratior.8. It is not too much to expect that before many years the kite will prove to be the explorer's best friend, as the recent improvements In what was a childish toy have dernonstrated that the lifting and sustaining capacity of a properly-eonstructeii kit; is little lees than marvelous.