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The Astronomical Theory of the Great Ice Age

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IN your issue of November 4 (p. 7), my friend Mr. W. H. S. Monck asks one or two questions relative to the paper on “The Astronomical Theory of the Great Ice Age” which you did me the honour to reprint.

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BALL, R. The Astronomical Theory of the Great Ice Age. Nature 35, 53 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/035053a0

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