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WHETHER anything physical and instructive about the atmosphere can be learnt from a study of purposely produced explosions, I am not sure. Ordinary explosives must waste much of their energy on the earth; and if atmospheric waves are wanted, it would seem better to explode a balloon filled with a detonating gas, say a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, at a considerable height. Gas exploded without any rigid envelope, as in a soap-bubble, makes a tremendous noise, since the energy is wholly expended on the atmosphere.
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LODGE, O. Study of Explosions. Nature 114, 10 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114010d0
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