The History of Meteorology to 1800
- ISBN-10
- 0882020366
- ISBN-13
- 9780882020365
- Pages
- 148
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1977
- Publisher
- Science History Publications
- Author
- H. Howard Frisinger
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