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273 273 273 , ^^. , 273 273 273 273 , ^ rr, ^ 



riders,^,-24 ,-40", for Kiev, and — ,— ,^,-^, for Cape Town. 



These two stations, cleared, show smooth sine curves, respectively, of 

 amplitudes 25 and 16 percent of normal precipitation. I call attention 



Fig. 2.— Rome, Italy. 68i Month Period Cleared. 



to the far geographical separation of the three cities concerned in 

 figures 2, 3, and 4. Similar results, not so fully exposed in the pub- 

 lishing of them as figures 2, 3, and 4, are shown for several U.S cities 

 in figures 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, and 25 of Pub. 4545 ^ and for other sta- 

 tions not here cited. Altogether the figures just cited would display, 



