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AMONG the various parallactic methods for determining cloud heights, one of which Mr. Malloch has put in practice (NATURE, vol. xv., p. 313), the use of the cloud shadow as a second station seems worthy of notice, as it requires very simple apparatus and observations.
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PETRIE, W. The Measurement of the Height of Clouds. Nature 15, 431 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/015431b0
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