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I QUITE agree with Mr. Omond's remarks in NATURE of March 29 with regard to the heating of downward moving air, that if it had been simply a case of air which had previously been in thermal equilibrium and moved downwards its temperature would have been raised to that of the lower air; but in this case it was a mixture of air and water; and the water would absorb the heat produced by the compression of the air, and, further, any little heating that might not be so absorbed would increase the dryness of the air, and so cause evaporation and absorption of heat.
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AITKEN, J. Interpretation of Meteorological Records. Nature 73, 534 (1906). https://doi.org/10.1038/073534b0
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