The Story of the Weather Simply Told for General ReadersGeorge Newnes, Limited, 1897 - 232 páginas |
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The Story of the Weather Simply Told for General Readers George Frederick Chambers Visualização completa - 1897 |
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amount ANEMOMETER ANEROID BAROMETER anti-cyclone approaching April April 13 April 22 atmosphere autumn Beaufort scale become betokens blow British Isles centre change of weather cirro-stratus cirrus cirrus clouds clear clouds cold period column CONE cyclone damp December 25 diameter dry bulb Earth elevation England especially expected fact fair weather February 20 Fitz-Roy forecasts frost gale glass gradients graduated heat height hygrometer hygroscopic inches indicate instrument isobars January LEAFS less March March 29 Martinmas mercury meteorological meteorologists meter mild miles moist moisture Moon morning N.E. wind night Northerly type Northern Hemisphere observations occur ozone pressure radiation rain-gauge rainbow rainfall rainy record rise S.W. wind scale SELF-REGISTERING sign of rain snow Southerly spring storm Stratton Strawless summer sunset SUNSHINE-RECORDER surface temperature thermometer thunderstorm tion tube ture usually vapour veers warm whilst winter ZAMBRA
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Página 206 - Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry; The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless are the snorting swine ! The busy flies disturb the kine ; Low o'er the grass the swallow wings, The cricket, too, how sharp he sings ! Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws.
Página 196 - He answered and said unto them, "When it is evening ye say, 'It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.
Página 205 - Last night the sun went pale to bed, The moon in halos hid her head ; The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For see, a rainbow spans the sky ! The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel; Hark, how the chairs and tables crack ; Old Betty's joints are on the rack.
Página 206 - Quits mutton bones on grass to feast ; ' And see yon rooks, how odd their flight ! ' They imitate the gliding kite, ' And seem precipitate to fall, • As if they felt the piercing ball.
Página 183 - Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up : he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
Página 206 - The glow-worms, numerous and bright, Illumed the dewy dell last night. At dusk the squalid toad was seen, Hopping and crawling o'er the green ; The...
Página 206 - Quits mutton-bones on grass to feast.; And see yon rooks, how odd their flight ! They imitate the gliding kite, And seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball — 'Twill...
Página 206 - Quits mutton- bones on grass to feast ; And see yon rooks, how odd their flight, They imitate the gliding kite, And seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. 'Twill surely rain, I see with sorrow, Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow.
Página 206 - The busy flies disturb the kine; Low o'er the grass the swallow wings ; The cricket, too, how sharp he sings ! Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws ; The smoke from chimneys right ascends.
Página 202 - When sea birds fly out early, and far to seaward, moderate wind and fair weather may be expected ; when they hang about the land, or over it, sometimes flying inland, expect a strong wind, with stormy weather.