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Since time immemorial human beings have observed evaporation of water in their surroundings, and they undoubtedly have speculated on the nature of this phenomenon. For a better understanding of the discovery of our present knowledge, it is appropriate to review briefly some of the concepts of the past and their evolution.
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Brutsaert, W. (1982). History of the Theories of Evaporation — A Chronological Sketch. In: Evaporation into the Atmosphere. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1497-6_2
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