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THE physical problems of the weather map have not been solved, for the subject is inherently difficult. In the first place, the atmosphere is on such an immense scale that its behaviour is not to be brought under the principles of physics without much trouble, and, I may add, many mistakes. The most confident theories of the past i are flatly contradicted by facts which have come to light since the investigation of the atmosphere was extended to the upper air by balloons, kites, kite-balloons, and more recently by airships and aeroplanes. We have now many facts about the atmosphere up to 20 kilometres at our disposal. They are, of course, not necessary for the formation of a correct theory, because no new principles are involved, but they are invaluable for the purpose of the verification or contradiction by which hypotheses get moulded into consistent theory.
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SHAW, N. The Air and its Ways1. Nature 107, 653–655 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107653a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/107653a0