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THAT the study of the atmosphere and the practical applications of meteorology should be supported and encouraged by the Government is a proposition so obvious that it is accepted in every civilised country. It does not, however, follow that the meteorological service of a country should be conducted as a branch of the civil service, still less of the military service, and British meteorologists must be grateful for the emphasis laid in the leader in NATURE of February 26 on the importance of scientific control of official meteorology.
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ILL, H. The Position of the Meteorological Office. Nature 105, 38 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105038a0
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