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THIS important publication of the British Meteorological Office (Air Ministry) contains a very large mass of meteorological and geophysical information, obtained at the five observatories of Lerwick, Aberdeen, Eskdalemuir, Valencia and Kew, together with upper-air observations made by sounding balloons (London: H.M. Stationery Office.) Its appearance has been slightly delayed owing to a change in its mode of production: hitherto it has been printed, but in the present issue most of the extensive tabular matter, and part of the text, is reproduced direct from typescript by the Replika process of Messrs. Percy Lund, Humphries and Co., Ltd. There is a certain loss in legibility and appearance, but this disadvantage is on the whole outweighed by the reduction in cost thus achieved; the reduction is passed on to the purchaser, since the “Year Book“now costs two guineas (postage extra) instead of three as for the preceding volumes. The volume provides a very important record of the meteorological and magnetic conditions over the British Isles during 1932.
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The Observatories Year Book 1932. Nature 135, 338 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135338b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/135338b0