2 edition of Climate and the energy of nations found in the catalog.
Climate and the energy of nations
S. F. Markham
Published
1942
by Oxford university press, H. Milford in London
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Written in
Edition Notes
Bibliographical footnotes.
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LC Classifications | GF71 M37 |
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Pagination | 144 p. |
Number of Pages | 144 |
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Open Library | OL14327024M |
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