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IN the course of some recent work on the meteorology of Ben Nevis, which involved extensive extracting and computing work, I have again had forcibly impressed on me the great advantage which Fahrenheit's thermometer has over that of Celsius for meteorological use, especially in temperate regions.
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BUCHANAN, J. Thermometric Scales for Meteorological Use. Nature 60, 364–365 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/060364c0
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