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THOSE who have been compelled to wade through the long-continued record of meteorological observations know and dread the serried columns of figures that tell of the scrupulous care with which the conscientious observer has read his barometer and thermometer. As a rule, it is impossible to inspire the mechanical and lifeless record of the weather of the past year, or of the past decade, with any lasting interest, but Mr. Backhouse, departing from stereotyped methods, has given us a book on climatology that does not weary by its monotony or tire by its endless repetitions.
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Meteorology without Instruments 1 . Nature 96, 124–125 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096124a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/096124a0