Excerpt from The Principles of Aërography
More than the usual attention is given to cloud forms and the thermodynamics of their formation and dissipation. However, no attempt is made to reproduce in extenso weather charts and photographs of common instruments; the former are given in official reports and the latter belong more appropriately to the catalogues issued by instrument makers. Stress is laid rather on modern methods of attack and the practical application of whatever knowl edge is already available.
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