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Show Soond front n lUllooa. t A writer of the Strand Magaxlne describes de-scribes the astonishment be experienced experi-enced when, riding over London In a balloon, at a heljht of more than halt a mile, he heard the deafening roar of the great city beneath him aa t could not be heard on the ground. The noise, even at tbat height, wat to harsh and Intense as to be painful to the car. How perfect a sound conductor con-ductor tbe air Is wat shown when the balloon drifted far over tbe city to a wooded part of the country, where tbe murmur of the leaves moved by, tbe wind half a mile below was distinctly dis-tinctly beard. |