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...presented in the simplest, clearest, and most practical way. Meteorology is but a small part of the varied and highly complex information which is necessary in his exacting and dangerous occupation. Theories should be omitted altogether, and explanations, except of certain essential facts, are unnecessary. The keynote of the meteorologist's contribution to the training for flying in war is the desire to make aviation more effective as a means of waging war and the hope of being able to save the lives of some of our flyers
...Baldwin has already made several attempts to reach the North Pole. He served as meteorologist in the North Greenland expedition of Commodore Peary in 1893-94, and in the Wellmann polar expedition five years later. He established four depots of supplies from the south to the north coast of Franz-Josef Land as basis for a proposed dash for the Pole and three safety stations on the northeast coast for use on the return march. He was the first leader selected to head the Ziegler polar expedition...
Last year Mr. Clayton spoke in the Union on his experiences in the international balloon race from St. Louis to New Jersey. Mr. Clayton has been astronomical observer at Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the University Observatory, and since 1894 has been meteorologist at the Blue Hill Observatory, Milton. He has written many books upon meteorology and has invented several instruments...
...Henry Helm Clayton, meteorologist at the Blue Hill Observatory, will give an illustrated lecture on "My Balloon Trip from St. Louis to New Jersey and the Future of Aerial Navigation" in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be open only to members of the Union...