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Excerpt from Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 122 Since the variation of the sun operates primarily and directly on the temperature of the atmosphere, and only indirectly on precipita tion, it seemed probable that a study of temperature might Show even more perfect control by solar variation than does precipitation. I therefore take up in the present paper the temperature of Washington in relation to the 23 known regular periodic variations of the sun's output of radiation. As in the Peoria and Albany papers, I employ, for the most part, the monthly mean values published in the three volumes of World Weather Records, but supplement these by U. S. Weather Bureau publications since 1940. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.