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PROF. LOOMIS has recently contributed a paper on this subject to the American Journal of Science of no small interest and value. The paper gives the mean annual rainfall at 713 places in all parts of the globe, and the results are graphically represented on a map of the world as closely as can be done by five tints of one colour. These tints represent respectively annual amounts of rain under 10 inches, from 10 to 25 inches, 25 to 50 inches, 50 to 75 inches, and above 75 inches. It is stated that the map is merely a provisional one, it being Prof. Loomis's expressed intention to publish a list of additional observations with a revised edition of the map; and in the meantime he invites the assistance and criticism of meteorologists in furtherance of the work.
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The Rainfall of the Globe . Nature 26, 206–207 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026206a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/026206a0