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Show Balloons and Bullets. Experiments have recently boot mado In Ilerlln to ascortnln tho height ut which a ballocn may bo considered Immuno from hostile rlllo shuts. Cap flvo bulloons v.oro sent up, and the) were shot Hi Irani angles of from 1! deg. to 45 deg. I'nllcons traveling at a height of from COO to 2.000 yards could bo hit only onco out of s!x shots, while they were nbaulute.y snfo at a height of 3,000" yards, Even when struck, tho damage to tho gas ba.? was so small that tho ballocn was abjo to continue Its Journey for hours before tho escaping gas mado n landing nca essary. |