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tion between terrestrial conditions and pe-
riods of unusual prevalence of sun spots;
while De la Rue, Loewy, and Balfour Stewart[1]
thought they found a connection between
sun-spot displays and the planetary posi-
tions. Thus we find scientific men, even in
our own time, responsible for the belief that
storms in the Indian Ocean, the fertility of
German vines, famines in India, and high
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