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PROF. ROBERT DE C. WARD, of Harvard University, contributes an article on “Some Characteristics of the Rainfall of the United States” to the Scientific Monthly for September. The article is essentially of a popular character, but it is dealt with in a strictly scientific manner, and references to the several works from which the information is selected are given throughout, so that a closer and more minute study can be made where thought desirable. Many of the characteristics dealt with are among the most important, and certainly the most interesting, associated with rainfall. There is an endeavour to explain the cause of the special characteristics, a feature in many discussions of the present day. It has often been said in the past, with respect to meteorology, that there are bricks enough, but that we now require builders. Those who have been familiar with meteoro logy for the last half-century note with satisfaction its practical development.
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H., C. The Rainfall of the United States . Nature 104, 483 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/104483a0
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