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020			_a9781139923552 (ebook)
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050		4	_aPN6525.W4 _bI49 2015
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100	1		_aInwards, Richard, _d1840-1937, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWeather lore : _ba collection of proverbs, sayings, and rules concerning the weather / _cRichard Inwards.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2015.
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 190 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Earth science
500			_aOriginally published: London : Elliot Stock, 1893.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 1. Weather in general -- 2. Times and seasons -- 3. Sun, moon and stars -- 4. Wind -- 5. Clouds -- 6. Mists -- 7. Dew -- 8. Fog -- 9. Sky -- 10. Air -- 11. Sound -- 12. Tide, etc. -- 13. Rain -- 14. Rainbow -- 15. Frost -- 16. Hail -- 17. Snow -- 18. Ice -- 19. Thunder and lightning -- 20. Barometer -- 21. Thermometer -- 22. Hygrometer -- 23. Telescope -- 24. Animals -- 25. Birds -- 26. Fish, molluscs, etc. -- 27. Reptiles, etc. -- 28. Insects -- 29. Plants, etc. -- 30. Various -- Appendix -- Index.
520			_aRichard Inwards (1840-1937) trained as a mining engineer, working on projects in Europe and South America (his book on Tiwanaku in Bolivia, The Temple of the Andes, is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). A fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and the Royal Astronomical Society, Inwards became well known in scientific circles. Weather Lore was first published in 1869, with this 1893 second edition including new entries from the United States. Compiled from sources as diverse as Hesiod, the Bible and Francis Bacon, the collection includes the notable observations that 'if spaniels sleep more than usual, it foretells wet weather', but 'if rats are more restless than usual, rain is at hand'. Often entertaining, always fascinating, the book does not pretend to be scientifically accurate; as the author was to remark later, 'no human being can correctly predict the weather, even for a week to come'.
650		0	_aWeather _vQuotations, maxims, etc.
650		0	_aWeather _vFolklore.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108077620
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pEarth science.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139923552
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