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CONSIDERING the important part that fog plays in determining the character of a health resort, it is remarkable that no scale similar to those adopted for wind and cloud should have been hitherto used in meteorological reports. Like the above scales, it could only be approximative; but if observers fixed upon conspicuous objects, such as hills, churches, &c., at known distances for their observations, these ought to be at least as accurate as those for wind and cloud.
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WALKER, A. A Fog Scale. Nature 53, 249–250 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053249g0
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