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James Fleming

As a Cain Conference fellow, James Roger Fleming addressed the topic “Chemical Weather and Chemical Climate: Body, Place, Planet in Historical Perspective.”

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Manufacturing the Weather

With dynamite and cannons, Robert St. George Dyrenforth hoped to end drought in the late 19th century. This vision of weather and climate control seized the imagination of scientists and businessmen.