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MR. CLEMENT LEY thinks (see his letter in NATURE, vol. xv p. 333) that if the earth's atmosphere contained no watery vapour, the great currents of atmospheric circulation would be quite unlike what they are. I think, on the contrary, it is as certain as the established truths of physical astronomy, that if there were no watery vapour the great currents, though not the storms and other temporary disturbances, would be nearly what they actually are.
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MURPHY, J. Atmospheric Currents. Nature 15, 374–375 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/015374c0
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