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On the Theory of Hail

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IN last week's NATURE (p. 151) Prof. Robinson gives an account of a hailstone that fell at Liverpool on the 2nd instant, consisting of an opaque nucleus, surrounded by almost clear ice, and this by opaque ice.

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TOMLINSON, C. On the Theory of Hail. Nature 40, 203 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/040203a0

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