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IN NATURE of February 5, p. 629, is a reference to the new edition of the “Observer's Handbook” of the Meteorological Office, and complimentary mention of the proposed extension of c.g.s. units. On this side of the Atlantic, we have not yet seen the book, but feel that Dr. Shaw and his associates have with characteristic progressiveness done well in opening the campaign for the use of rational units. It will be hard for the present generation to depart from the old notation; but for those who are to follow, the adoption of these units means clearer conceptions of atmospheric motion, fewer mistakes, and great ease of compilation. Briefly, the units are those proposed by Köppen at Monaco in 1909, and advocated by V. Bjerknes at Vienna in 1912. Temperature is given in degrees Centigrade on the absolute scale, and pressure is recorded in bars and decimal parts thereof, as decibar, centibar, and millibar.
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Am. Inst. Elec. Engineers, June, 1909 Kennelly, Wright, and Van Bylevelt.
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MCADIE, A. New Units in Aerology. Nature 93, 58 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/093058a0
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