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Show BALLOON TRIP OVER THE ATLANTIC IS PLANNED Boston, May 9. A balloon trip over the Atlantic from Boston to Europe Is planned by Prof. Henry II. Clayton, who recently leslgnedas meteorologist at t"he Blue Hill observatory, after 1C year of duty on the direction and velocity ve-locity of wind currents. Prof. Clayton believes he can cross tho Atlantic by taking advantage of an upper air, or planetary current, which his experiments have shown flows constantly eastward two miles aud more aboe the earth. He declares de-clares ho can make the distance of 3,000 miles easily In three or four days. As a sort of preliminary test of the possibilities of the I rip. Prof. Clayton Is now making plans for an air voyage from San Francisco to the Atlantic coast. |