 | Edward Saul - Barometers - 1730 - 124 pages
...the contrary, if the Mercury flood at Fair, and falls to Changeable, it prefages foul Weather ; tho' not fo much of it, as if it had funk down lower. Vide Harris's Lexicon, under Barometer, where Dr.Halley's Obfervations, with the Reafons of them, are... | |
 | John Rowning - Astronomy - 1744 - 470 pages
...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...not fo much " of it, as if it had funk down lower." From thefe Obfervations, it appears, That it is not fo much the Height of the Mercury in the Tube,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 430 pages
...continue fo long as if the mercury had rifen 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 lower. Thefe are the obfervations of Mr Patrick, on which Mr Rowning makes the following remarks. "... | |
 | Thomas Hodson - Education - 1802 - 556 pages
...not to continue fo long as if the mercury had rifen high : and 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 lower. Upon thefe rules of Mr. Patrick, Mr. Rt-iuni-ng remarks, that it is not fo much the abfolute... | |
 | Thomas Hodson - Arithmetic - 1806 - 488 pages
...not to continue fo long as if the mercury had rifea high : and on the contrary, if the mercury ftood at Fair, and falls to Changeable, it prefages foul weather ; though not fb much of it as if it had funk lower. Upon thefe rules of Mr. Patrick, Mr. Rmaning remarks, that it... | |
 | 1789 - 766 pages
...j and fo, on the contrary, if the quickfilver ftood at fair, and falls to changeable, it indicates foul weather, though not fo much of it, as if it had funk lower. THIS Narrative feems to be the moft perfect of any that has yet appear. ed. Captain Tench vouches... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 740 pages
...continue fo long as if the mercury had rifen 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 lid for.k lower. (*o.) BAROMETERS, Mr ROOMING'S RULES *oi USING. Although the above rules (§ 19.)... | |
 | 1747 - 454 pages
...mercury were higher. And again, fhould the mercury ftand at fair and fall to ctangeatle, it denotes foal weather, though not fo much of it, as if it had funk down lower. I fhall now only add a few eafy rules for trying and judging of the inches, fink the vertex of the... | |
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... though in general it will agree with them. For if it ftands at much rain, and then rifes up to changeable, it prefages fair weather ; though not to continue fo long as it the mercury had rifen higher. 