Abstract
IN the form of a series of chatty chapters, the author, whose larger books are well known to all students of meteorology, contrives to give a wealth of information concerning nearly all aspects of the weather in a simple form. The subjects discussed are much too varied to permit of summarizing in a few sentences. Starting with the tornado, or prairie twister, following on with the mysteries of the forms of solid condensation of water vapour and the problem of how the earth got its atmosphere, it ends with the problem of home-made weather, or the control of air conditions in enclosed spaces. This is no systematic text-book of meteorology, but contains a wealth of interesting information, all given in a clear and delightful style.
Weather Rambles
Dr.
W. J.
Humphreys
By. Pp. iv + 265. (London: Baillière, Tindall and Cox, 1937.) 11s. 6d.
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Weather Rambles. Nature 142, 556 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142556d0
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