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Sun Spots and Earth Temperatures

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I NOTICED lately the deduction by Mr. Stone of a connection between Wolf's solar spot periods and the earth temperatures at the Cape of Good Hope: and now Professor Smyth, at Edinburgh, recalls to our attention the fact that his own investigations had, a year ago, led him to a similar conclusion.

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ABBE, C. Sun Spots and Earth Temperatures. Nature 4, 123 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/004123a0

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