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METEOROLOGY has been happily divided by Dr. Balfour Stewart into two great sections, viz. physical meteorology and climatic meteorology.* The object of physical meteorology is to obtain a knowledge of the physics of the earth's atmosphere and surface; whereas climatic meteorology is properly the practical application of this knowledge in investigating the temperature, humidity, and movements of the air, together with the other atmospheric conditions which make up the climate of a place.
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Meteorology—Present and Future . Nature 10, 99–100 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/010099a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/010099a0