The Works of Francis Bacon: The history of winds. The history of condensations and rarifactions, and Physical essays

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M. Jones, 1815
 

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Page 74 - When the wind changes conformably to the motion of the sun, that is, from east to south, from south to west, &c. it seldom goes back, or, if it does, it is only for a short time ; but if it moves in a contrary direction, viz. from east to north, from north to west, it generally returns to the former point, at least before it has gone quite through the circle. "When winds continue to vary for a few hours, as if it were to try in what point they should settle, and afterwards begin to blow constant,...
Page 75 - If the south wind begins for two or three days, the north wind will blow suddenly after it; but if the north wind blows for the same number of days, the south will not rise till after the east has blown some time. " Whatever wind begins to blow in the morning, usually continues longer than that which rises in the evening.
Page 103 - If the new moon does not appear till the fourth day, it prognosticates a troubled air for the whole month. If the moon, either at her first appearance, or within a few days after, has her lower horn obscured or dusky, or any ways sullied, it denotes foul weather before the full ; but if she be discoloured in the middle, storms are to be expected about the full ; or about the wane, if...
Page 236 - If the vapors, which are raised plentifully from the earth and waters, either by the solar or subterraneous heat, do, at their first entrance into the atmosphere, meet with cold enough to condense them to a considerable degree, their specific gravity is...
Page 109 - A serene autumn denotes a windy winter; a windy winter, a rainy spring; a rainy spring, a serene summer; a serene summer, a windy autumn; so that the air, on a balance, is seldom debtor to itself; nor do the seasons succeed each other in the same tenor for two years together.
Page 57 - This will cause the air at the equator to stand more than seven miles higher from the surface of the earth to the top of the atmosphere than at the north pole.
Page 103 - ... moon, either at her first appearance, or within a few days after, has her lower horn obscured or dusky, or any ways sullied, it denotes foul weather before the full; but if she be discoloured in the middle, storms are to be expected about the full; or about the wane, if. her upper horn is affected in like manner. " When the moon, on her fourth day, appears fine and spotless, her horns unblunted, and neither flat nor quite erect, but betwixt both, it promises fair weather for the greatest part...
Page 277 - If Mr. Locke could dream he had such a power as he describes this of abstracting to be (a power to form with " some pains and skill the general idea of a triangle...
Page 3 - ... does on Juno), remain absolutely unknown. They are not primary creatures, or of the first six days' work, as to their action, no more than the other meteors, but were produced later in the order of creation. Then are set down what are called Particular Topics, that is, articles of inquisition, or questions, relating to the Winds. Thirty-three questions are enumerated in all ; and...

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