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In spite of the discomforts experienced during the first days at the Observatory, Rotch must have felt a sense of pride to see his new observatory atop the barren, windswept summit of Blue Hill (figure 7), while Gerrish dutifully began the long series of observations.
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Conover, J.H. (1990). Initial Detailed Observations: 1885–1886. In: The Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-940033-82-2_4
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