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Remarkable Hailstones

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ON Sunday, June 26, a district to the south of Manchester was visited by a thunderstorm, which was remarkable for its accompaniment of heavy hail. The storm came from the same quarter as the cool surface wind, viz, north-east, and reached its height about 2.15 p.m.

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PLAYER, S. Remarkable Hailstones. Nature 58, 223–224 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/058223d0

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