 | Edward Saul - Barometers - 1730 - 124 pages
...(tho' for the moft Part it will agree with them) as the Mercarfs Rifmg and Falling : For if it ftands at much Rain, and then rifes up to Changeable, it prefages fair Weather ; altho* not to continue fo long, as it wou'd have done, if the Mercury were higher : And fo on the... | |
 | John Rowning - Astronomy - 1744 - 470 pages
..." the moft Part, it will agree with them) as "the Mercury's Rijing and Falling,: For if " it ftands at Much Rain, and then rifes up " to Changeable, it prefages fair Weather, al~ " though not to continue fo long, as it would " have done, if the Mercury were higher : " And fo... | |
 | Nathan Bailey - 1760 - 730 pages
...obferlzv*tio:ii; •utions ; for If the mercury rbnds at much rain, and rifes up to changeable, it then foreihews fair weather, although not to continue fo long as it would have done if the mercury were higher; fo places which are more northerly have a greater alteration of the rife or fall of the mercury, than... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 430 pages
...(though in general it will agree with them ), as the mercury's rifinv andfal/ing. For if it ftandá at much rain, and then rifes up to changeable, it prefages fair weather ; though not to continue fo long as if the mercury had rifen higher: and fo, on the contrary, if the... | |
 | 1789 - 766 pages
...agree with them) as the rifing and falling of the quickfilver; for, if it ftands at much rain, and rifes up to changeable, it prefages fair weather,...to continue fo long as it would have done, if the quickfilvcr were higher j and fo, on the contrary, if the quickfilver ftood at fair, and falls to changeable,... | |
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though not to continue fo long, as it would " have done, if the Mercury were higher : " And fo on the contrary, if the Mercury " flood at Fair, and falls to Changeable, it " prefages foul Weather ; though not fo much " of it, as if it had funk down lower. 