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Callendar’s Legacy

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This brief obituary notice marked the sudden passing of Guy Stewart Callendar. Letters of condolence from Callendar’s scientific correspondents arrived within a fortnight. The Glaciological Society conveyed its official sentiments.

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Fleming, J.R. (2007). Callendar’s Legacy. In: The Callendar Effect. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-935704-04-1_6

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