 | John Rowning - Astronomy - 1744 - 470 pages
...Rain comes j t- then expect a great deal of wet, and pro*c bably high Winds. " 7 " 7. The unfettled Motion of the Mercury " denotes uncertain and changeable Weather. "8. You are not fo ftri&ly to obferve the " Words engraved on the Plates ( though, for " the moft Part, it will agree... | |
 | John Rowning - Astronomy - 1753 - 476 pages
...denotes uncertain and changeable Weather. " 8. You are not fo ftrictly to obferve the " Words engraven on the Plates (though, for " the moft Part, it will agree with them) as " the Mercury's Rifwg and Falling : For if *' it (lands at Much Rain, and then rifes up " to Changeable, it prefages... | |
 | John Rowning - Astronomy - 1758 - 500 pages
...denotes uncertain and changeable Weather. " 8. You are not fo ftridtjy to obferve the " Words engraven on the Plates (though, for " the moft Part, it will...as " the Mercury's Rifing and Falling: For if " it ftands at Much Rain, and then rifes up " to Changeable, it prefages fair Weather, al" though not to... | |
 | John Imison - 1796 - 476 pages
...high winds. 7. The unfettled motion of the mercury denotes uncertain and changeaole weather. 8. Yon are not fo ftriftly to obferve the words engraved on the plates (though in general it will agree with them) as the mercury's rifing and falling ; for if it ftands at tnuch... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 430 pages
...before the rain comes ; then expeft a great deal of wet, and probably high winds. 7. The unfettled motion of the mercury denotes uncertain and changeable...to obferve the words engraved on the plates (though in general it will agree with them ), as the mercury's rifinv andfal/ing. For if it ftandá at much... | |
 | Thomas Hodson - Education - 1802 - 556 pages
...days before the rain comes, then expeft a great deal of wet, and probably high winds. 7. The unfettled motion of the mercury denotes uncertain and changeable...not fo ftriftly to obferve the words engraved on the plate, as the mercury's rifing and falling: though, ia general, it will agree with them. For, if it... | |
 | Thomas Hodson - Arithmetic - 1806 - 488 pages
...days before the rain comes, then expect a great deal of wet, and probably high winds. 7. The unfettled motion of the mercury denotes uncertain and changeable weather. 8. You are not fo ftri<5lly to obferve the words engraved on the plate, as the mercury's rifing and falling: though,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 740 pages
...high winds. VII. The unfettled motion of the mercury denotes uncertain and changeable weather. VIII. You are not fo ftriftly to obferve the words engraved on the plates, as the mercury's rifing and tailing; though in general it will agree With them. For if it ftands at... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - Natural history - 1821 - 448 pages
...days before the rain comes, then expect a great deal of wet, and probably high winds. 7. The unsetled motion of the mercury denotes uncertain and changeable weather. 8. You are not so strictly to observe the words engraved on the plates of the instrument (though in general it will... | |
 | Colin MacKenzie - 1821 - 724 pages
...days before the rain comes, then expect a great deal of wet, and probably high winds. 7. The unsettled motion of the mercury denotes uncertain and changeable weather. 8. You are not so strictly to observe the words engraved on the plates (though in general it will agree with them),... | |
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... a continuance of fair weather to follow. 6. In fair weather, when the mercury falls much and low, and thus continues for two or three days before the rain comes ; then expeft a great deal of wet, and probably high winds. 
