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Show The Highest Kite Flights. Tho art of flying kites Is carried to Its greatest perfection nt the largo nerologlcal observatories, and the beat records of altitudes up to date have been made at Mount Weather, Vn , and Llndenborg, Germany. Tho former station Is G2E meters abovo sea level, tho latter only 120, n clrcum-stnnco clrcum-stnnco Hint should be remembered In comparing tho records made lu the two places. Tho following list of the highest flights, rbcently published by Dr AsBtunun, gives the altitude above Hie ground, not abovo sea levol: 1, Mount Weather, C.710 meters; 2 Lln-denberg. Lln-denberg. fi.GGO meters; 3, Mount Weather, 6,519 meters; 1, Mount Weather, 6,484 meters; 5, Llndenborg, G,3S0 meters; 6. Mount Weather, 6,379 meters. |