Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 282, 17 September 1891 — Rain-Making. [ARTICLE]

Rain-Making.

Great interest has s been felt eveil in this &mall'cpuntry of ours about the recent experiments on artificial rain production. It is an axiom in physics that explosions condensing the humidity of the air always bring a oorresponding fall <>£ rain. There has been no celebrated battle in hiBtory. since the invention of explosives, whieh was not followed by storms, the severity of whieh ean | be traeed back to the intensity of | the battle. During the sumnaer's draught, and especially at times heavy clouds kept on, for days hanging over the hills baek of town, without any precipitation occurring, many people among our best think- i ers, repeatedly suggested salutes to Ibe fired from Punehhowl. This would probably have Bucceeded r but 'a rqport still more marvelous comes from the States. A certaiu Frank Melbourne, with a mysterious little maehine, closes himself up in aroom and in the most arid spots of the continent under the dreariest and . . i driest skteef, —induce at will, within a few hours heavy showers. . wopdetful *:inthe ji»t jareceedi«g the 3ayß of thfe 7 emi. la -the mean* while let us send for ome of llel-