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| Title | Climate: Considered Especially in Relation to Man The Science series The science series, ed. by E.L. Thorndike and F.E. Beddard |
| Author | Robert DeCourcy Ward |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 380 pages |
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