Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming
p. 10. RAINS PECULIAR TO EACH SEASON--SPRING SHOWERS--MIDSUMMER RAINS--RAINS OF AUTUMN AND WINTER--MEANS OF SUPPLYING THE EARTH WITH RAIN--RAIN CLOUDS--DECEPTIVE APPEARANCES OF CLOUDS--THEIR LIGHT AND SHADE--EFFECTS OF CLOUDS IN MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRIES--ASCENT OF MONTE PIENTIO--...
EFFECTS OF RAIN IN MOUNTAINOUS DISTRICTS--THE DISTRICT OF MORAY--THE GREAT FLOODS OF 1829--COMMENCEMENT OF THE RAIN--THE SWOLLEN RIVERS--DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF THE FLOOD--MEANS A...
15. CHAPTER VII.REMARKABLE SHOWERS--SHOWERS OF SAND--OF MUD--SHOWERS OF SULPHUR, OR YELLOW RAIN--LUMINOUS RAIN--RED RAIN, OR SHOWERS OF BLOOD--SUPERSTITIONS CONNECTED THEREWITH--EXPLANATION OF...
16. CHAPTER VIII.COMMON SAYINGS RESPECTING THE WEATHER--SAINT SWITHIN'S-DAY--SIGNS OF RAIN OR OF FAIR WEATHER DERIVED FROM THE APPEARANCE OF THE SUN--FROM THAT OF THE MOON--FROM THE STARS--FROM...
11. CHAPTER III.VARIOUS FORMS OP CLOUDS--THE CIRRUS, OR CURL-CLOUD--THE CUMULUS, OR STACKEN-CLOUD--THE STRATUS, OR FALL-CLOUD--THE CIRRO-CUMULUS, OR SONDER-CLOUD--THE CIRRO-STRATUS, OR WANE-CLO...
9. CHAPTER I:RAINS PECULIAR TO EACH SEASON--SPRING SHOWERS--MIDSUMMER RAINS--RAINS OF AUTUMN AND WINTER--MEANS OF SUPPLYING THE EARTH WITH RAIN--RAIN-CLOUDS--DECEPTIVE APPEARANCES OF CLOUDS-...
13. CHAPTER V.METHOD OF MEASURING THE QUANTITY OF RAIN THAT FALLS--THE RAIN GAUGE--METHODS OF OBSERVING FOR RAIN AND SNOW--EFFECTS OF ELEVATION ON THE QUANTITY OF RAIN--DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE...
14. CHAPTER VI.By means of rain and rain clouds we get that beautiful appearance so well known as the rainbow. In order to form some idea of the manner in which the rainbow is produced, it is...
12. CHAPTER IV.Great Britain is essentially a rain country; but there are some parts of the world which have obtained the unhappy distinction of being _hail_ countries: such, for example, as s...
8. CHAPTER VIII.p. 191. COMMON SAYINGS RESPECTING THE WEATHER--SAINT SWITHIN'S-DAY--SIGNS OF RAIN OR OF FAIR WEATHER DERIVED FROM THE APPEARANCE OF THE SUN--FROM THAT OF THE MOON--FROM THE STAR...
5. CHAPTER V.p. 117. METHOD OF MEASURING THE QUANTITY OF RAIN THAT FALLS--THE RAIN GAUGE--METHODS OF OBSERVING FOR RAIN AND SNOW--EFFECTS OF ELEVATION ON THE QUANTITY OF RAIN--DIFFERENCE BET...
1. CHAPTER I.p. 10. RAINS PECULIAR TO EACH SEASON--SPRING SHOWERS--MIDSUMMER RAINS--RAINS OF AUTUMN AND WINTER--MEANS OF SUPPLYING THE EARTH WITH RAIN--RAIN CLOUDS--DECEPTIVE APPEARANCES OF...
2. CHAPTER II.p. 37. EFFECTS OF RAIN IN MOUNTAINOUS DISTRICTS--THE DISTRICT OF MORAY--THE GREAT FLOODS OF 1829--COMMENCEMENT OF THE RAIN--THE SWOLLEN RIVERS--DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF THE FLOOD--...
3. CHAPTER III.p. 74. VARIOUS FORMS OF CLOUDS--THE CIRRUS, OR CURL-CLOUD--THE CUMULUS, OR STACKEN-CLOUD--THE STRATUS, OR FALL-CLOUD--THE CIRRO-CUMULUS, OR SONDER-CLOUD--THE CIRRO-STRATUS, OR W...
7. CHAPTER VII.p. 157. REMARKABLE SHOWERS--SHOWERS OF SAND--OF MUD--SHOWERS OF SULPHUR, OR YELLOW RAIN--LUMINOUS RAIN--RED RAIN, OR SHOWERS OF BLOOD--SUPERSTITIONS CONNECTED THEREWITH--EXPLANA...
4. CHAPTER IV.p. 107. ON HAIL--THE HAIL-STORMS OF FRANCE--THE DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF HAIL--THE HAIL-STORMS OF SOUTH AMERICA--THEIR SURPRISING EFFECTS--ORIGIN AND NATURE OF HAIL--PERIODICAL FAL...
6. CHAPTER VI.