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IN a recent communication1, Mr. J. L. Gergen gives a brief account of his ‘black ball’ radiometer, and in comparing measurements of atmospheric radiation so made with those described by us2 states that they “are not in agreement”. A fuller account of our work has now appeared3 with more information than was available to him at the time of writing.
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Gergen, G. L., Nature, 179, 36 (1957).
Houghton, J. T., and Brewer, A. W., Paper of Meteor. Res. Comm. No. 914 (London, 1955).
Brewer, A. W., and Houghton, J. T., Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 236, 175 (1956).
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BREWER, A., HOUGHTON, J. Experimental Determination of Atmospheric Infra-red Radiation. Nature 179, 978 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179978a0
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