Meteorological observations obtained by the use of kites off the West Coast of Scotland, 1902

The paper presents the results of the first organised attempt to obtain a series of automatic records of temperature and humidity in the upper air of the British Isles, or neighbouring seas, by means of kites. They are derived from the records of forty kite ascents, in which instruments were raised, and which were carried out by Mr. Dines and his two sons, under the auspices of the Royal Meteoro­logical Society in co-operation with a committee of the British Association, during the months of July and August, 1902.