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050		4	_aQC995 _b.T35 2013
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100	1		_aTaylor, Joseph, _d1761 or 1762-1844, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Complete Weather Guide : _bA Collection of Practical Observations for Prognosticating the Weather, Drawn from Plants, Animals, Inanimate Bodies, and Also by Means of Philosophical Instruments / _cJoseph Taylor.
246	3	0	_aShepherd of Banbury's rules, explained on philosophical principles
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (viii, 160 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge Library collection. Earth sciences
500			_a"This edition first published 1812. This digitally printed version 2013"--Title page verso.
500			_aFacsimile reproduction of: The complete weather guide / by Joseph Taylor. London : Printed for John Harding, 1812.
500			_aShepherd of Banbury, pseudonym of John Claridge.
520			_aEarly nineteenth-century farmers often sowed their crops on an arbitrarily chosen day every year. Impatient with this practice, naturalist Joseph Taylor (c.1761-1844) presents an alternative method in this work, which first appeared in 1812. He argues that by studying the atmosphere, the behaviour of animals and the condition of local flora, a farmer can not only determine the optimal time for sowing, but also forecast the weather. Including the Shepherd of Banbury's famous rules for judging changes in the weather, alongside remarks on the quality of this wisdom, Taylor's book also draws on a wealth of wider countryside knowledge. He observes, for example, that the flowering of primroses and lettuce occurs at such precise times as to be useful for botanical clocks, while the proximity of bees to their hives and the agitation of dogs suggest oncoming weather conditions.
650		0	_aWeather forecasting.
700	1		_aClaridge, John. _tShepheards' legacy.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108065313
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pEarth sciences.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107323841
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