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Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
PLATE FACING PAGE I A study in contrasts a View of Sheffield at noon on a holiday | 30 |
A sandstorm over the Pyramids | 30 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The air and its mysteries |
| Author | Cicely Mary Botley |
| Editor | Hanor A. Webb |
| Publisher | D. Appleton-Century Co., 1940 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jun 19, 2007 |
| Length | 302 pages |
| Subjects | › › Air Meteorology Nature / Weather Science / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology Weather |
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