 | 1828 - 746 pages
...red, or heatmaking, rays; and as dry air is not perfectly transparent, they are again reflected in the horizon. I have generally observed a coppery or yellow sunset to foretel rain; but, as an indication of wet weather approaching, nothing is more certain than a halo... | |
 | Agriculture - 1829 - 786 pages
...transparent, they are again reflected in the horizon. A coppery or yellow sunset generally foretells rain ; but as an indication of wet weather approaching,...certain than a halo round the moon, which is produced by the precipitated water; and the larger the circle, the nearer the clouds; and consequently the more... | |
 | Science - 1828 - 456 pages
...transparent, they are again reflected in the horizon. A coppery or yellow sunset generally foretels rain ; but as an indication of wet weather approaching, nothing is more certain than the halo around .the moon, which is produced by the precipitated water ; and the larger the circle... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1828 - 596 pages
...transparent, they arc again reflected in the horizon. A coppery or yellow sun set generally foretels rain : but, as an indication of wet weather approaching,...certain than a halo round the moon, which is produced by the precipitated water, and the larger the circle, the nearer the clouds, and, consequently, the more... | |
 | Geology - 1828 - 450 pages
...transparent, they are again reflected in the horizon. A coppery or yellow sunset generally foretels rain ; but as an indication of wet weather approaching, nothing is more certain than the halo around the moon, which is produced by the precipitated water ; and the larger the circle the... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - Fishing - 1828 - 326 pages
...red, or heat-making, rays; and as dry air is not perfectly transparent, they are again reflected in the horizon. I have generally observed a coppery or yellow sunset to foretel rain; but, as an indication of wet weather approaching, nothing is more certain than a halo... | |
 | English literature - 1829 - 832 pages
...transparent, they are again reflected in the horizon. A copper or yellow sunset generally foretells rain ; but as an indication of wet weather approaching, nothing is more certain than the halo around the moon, which is produced by the precipitated water; and the larger the circle the... | |
 | John S. Skinner - 1829 - 436 pages
...transparent, they are again reflected in the horizon. A copper, or yellow sunset, generally foretells rain; but as an indication of wet weather approaching, nothing is more certain than the halo around the moon, which is produced by the precipitated water; and the larger the circle the... | |
 | 1829 - 762 pages
...transpnrc« t, they are again reflected in the horizon. A copper or yellow sunset generally foretcllsrain ; but as an indication of wet weather approaching nothing is more certain than the halo around the moon, which is produced by the precipitated water ; and the larger the circle the... | |
 | Library, John Baxter - Agriculture - 1830 - 594 pages
...transparent, they are again reflected in the horizon. A copper or yellow sunset generally foretells rain ; but as an indication of wet weather approaching, nothing is more certain than the halo round the moon, which is produced by the precipitated water ; and the larger the circle the... | |
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I have generally observed a coppery or yellow sunset to foretell rain ; but, as an indication of wet weather approaching, nothing is more certain than a halo round the moon, which is produced by the precipitated water; and the larger the circle, the nearer... 
