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Who wrote the first treatise on meteorology?

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The earliest evidence of scientific activity in the field of meteorology , the study of the earth's atmosphere, especially as it relates to weather forecasting, is from the 4th cent. BC; Aristotle wrote what is probably the first treatise on the subject.

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