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On 1 October Alexander George McAdie (figure 60) was appointed professor of meteorology and director of the observatory.
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Conover, J.H. (1990). Directorship under Alexander McAdie: 1913–1931. In: The Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-940033-82-2_8
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