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Show Height and Watches. Hj It hns been found thnt watches and Hj clocks cannot withstand tho effect of H grent heights with perfect Immunity H any moro than humnn beings can. H Llko them, thoy suffer from the? H chango in tho air pressuro. A watch 65 takon to tho top of Mont Iilano will iM gain 30 seconds In 'l hours. Tb thinness of tho air, with Its decreased H pressure, makos tho poor watch dlzsy H and loads It to run faster, Just as ,H man's blood runs taster. Watches H will chango a llttlo even whnn carried H from tho lower floors of a houso to H tho higher onos, nlthough the varla- S tlnn Is too slight to bo consldorod for GB practical purposes. . Hf |