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... were remarkable for their high temperature , accompanied by low atmospheric pressure . On the 11th another frost set in , and continued till the 22nd . A The mean temperature of January at Greenwich was 34.2 ° NATURAL HISTORY ...
... were remarkable for their high temperature , accompanied by low atmospheric pressure . On the 11th another frost set in , and continued till the 22nd . A The mean temperature of January at Greenwich was 34.2 ° NATURAL HISTORY ...
Side 2
... continued with frost and snow until the 13th . During the last week of the month the weather was mild and open . Whitley . Contrary to what is usually the case , the snow- storm seems to have been more severe here than in places much ...
... continued with frost and snow until the 13th . During the last week of the month the weather was mild and open . Whitley . Contrary to what is usually the case , the snow- storm seems to have been more severe here than in places much ...
Side 4
... continued up to March the 24th , which stopped all advance in vegetation . North Shields . - The greatest depression of the barometer during the year , 28-492 inches , occurred at 2 P.M. on February the 6th .. Snow fell at Seaham on the ...
... continued up to March the 24th , which stopped all advance in vegetation . North Shields . - The greatest depression of the barometer during the year , 28-492 inches , occurred at 2 P.M. on February the 6th .. Snow fell at Seaham on the ...
Side 9
... continued almost uninterruptedly next day . The amount registered varied from 1 to 3 inches , being probably the heaviest rainfall known there . Wylam . - A fine month , with a good deal of chill , cold wea- ther whenever the wind came ...
... continued almost uninterruptedly next day . The amount registered varied from 1 to 3 inches , being probably the heaviest rainfall known there . Wylam . - A fine month , with a good deal of chill , cold wea- ther whenever the wind came ...
Side 24
... continued to in- crease up to the present time ( January 17th , 1868 ) . This seems clearly to show that the sap of trees is in action even during the winter months . Another instance pointing in the same direction was observed during ...
... continued to in- crease up to the present time ( January 17th , 1868 ) . This seems clearly to show that the sap of trees is in action even during the winter months . Another instance pointing in the same direction was observed during ...
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Side 3 - If Candlemas Day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight ; But if it be dark with clouds and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again.
Side 29 - We would strongly recommend any of our readers whose occupations lead them to attend to the " signs of the weather," and who, from hearing a particular weather adage often repeated, and from noticing themselves a few remarkable instances of its verification, have " begun to put faith in it," to commence keeping a note-book, and to set down without bias all the instances which occur to them of the recognized antecedent, and the occurrence or nonoccurrence of the expected consequent, not omitting also...
Side 49 - The entire destruction of the wood that formerly covered the mountains, and the utter neglect of the terraces which supported the soil upon steep declivities, have given full scope to the rains, which have left many tracts of bare rock, where formerly were vineyards and cornfields.
Side 3 - The shepherd would rather see the wolf enter his stable on Candlemas day than the sun ; 2. The badger peeps out of his hole on Candlemas day, and when he finds snow, walks abroad ; but if he sees the sun shining, he draws back into his hole.
Side 49 - Were these limestone ledges once more provided with walls, to prevent the soil being washed down into the valley by the rain floods, and were fresh soil carried up from the hollows, where it must lie fathoms deep, magnificent crops would very soon be produced. It is well known also how soon the moisture of the climate would be affected by the restoration of the orchards. And when we remember the small quantity...
Side 223 - A shower in July, when the corn begins to fill, Is worth a plough of oxen, and all belongs there till.
Side 218 - A May flood never did good. Look at your corn in May, and you'll come weeping away. Look at the same in June, and you'll come home in another tune.
Side 30 - ... would be in itself an improbability, and that therefore, to have any weight, the majority should be a very decided one, and that not only in itself, but in reference to the neutral instances. We are all involuntarily much more strongly impressed by the fulfilment than by the failure of a prediction, and it is only when thus placing ourselves face to face with fact and experience that we can fully divest ourselves of this bias.
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