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he hardeft and moft folid wood will fwell By the 

 moifture of the air ; this is evident by the difficulty of 

 fhutting doors and windows 'In wet weather \ and 

 boxes* efDeciallv of deal, and neors of woocl. whrn 



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pores of the wood. 

 Mr. Ozanam fays, The moifl vapours do readily in- 

 Imuare into wood, efpecially that which is light and 

 dry, it being extremely porous ; fo that they are fome- 

 times made ufe of in dilating and breaking the hardeft 

 bodies, and in particular mill-ftones ; for when they 

 have cut a rock into a cylinder, they divide that into, 

 feveral leffer cylinders, by making feveral holes round 

 . the great cylinder, at proportional diftances, according 

 to the thicknefs they defign the mill-ftones, and then 

 fill them with as many pieces'of Sallow wood dried in 

 an oven ; for when the wet .Weather comes, theie 

 wedges or pieces of wood Become fo impregnated 

 with the moift cofpufcles of the air, that they fwell 

 and break, or feparate the cylindrical rock into feve- 

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 And ftones, efpecially marble, will fweat againft wet 



Weather, though it be from an outward caufe, in that 

 the ftones are fo hard and folid, as not to admit the 

 moifture of the air, "and therefore it only lies upon the 

 fuperficies of the ftones. 



And the hunjidity of the air infihuates itfelf into the 

 hardeft bodies, which are not deftitute qf pores, and 

 Specially into light bodies that take-up a great Ipace. 





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By^^thejfun._lif the fun, at its' rifing, looks red, and ^ 

 broader' than ufual, then many moift vapours are ga- ** 

 therrng from the fea, and the air is thickening ; and 

 the beams of the fun, being diftufed in it, caufe the 

 fun's face to fhew a great deal bigger than ufual i ^nd 

 in a ftiort time you will perceive the clouds muftering, 

 and overfpreading the heavens, and the air condenfing 



into a watery body. 



If this happens in fummer or autumn, when the 

 Weather is hot, the fhowers that fall will be violent, 

 but of Ihort continuance j but if this happens in the 

 winterer fpring, it denotes fettled rains, but more 



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It has been an obfervation, confirmed by long exj^e- 

 rience. That if the fun rifes with a bluifh circle, m- 

 clining to white, the air is grofs and condenfed, and 

 rain will foon fall. 



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And if, when the fun rifcs, he is pale, and the flcy is 

 of a dufky red In the mor'ning, it w^ll be foon over- 

 caft, and there niuft quickly follow rain, attended with 





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whifking winds. .»vV--r4 jj.-.V -Unr.v 

 Alfo if the fun rifes of a mifty muddy "colour, or in a ^ 

 black cloudy and diffufes his rays palifti toward the 

 north and fouth, it foretels rain.,*,: > .^-U , . 

 It has been an obfervation. That if the fun fets un- 

 der a thick cloud, rain will fall tlie next day ; or if it 

 rains immediately, there will be a great deal of wind 

 the next day ; and this is almoft the conftant confe- 



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quenceofapalefettingfun, ^ . . ^. ... . 

 Though a red fky at the fun nfing is .a fign of ram, 

 yet a red fky when the fun fets,is a fign of fair Wea- 

 ther v though indeed,, if the fky be red at a great dif 

 tance from the' part where the fun fets, as in the^eafl, 

 there will be either rain or wind the next day. „,. ,| 

 As to the moon. ' A pale moon is a forerunner of 

 rain, a red one of wind, and a clear one of fine Weather. 

 When the moon is encompaffed, with a very large 

 circle, or is dim and mifly, then there will follow wind, 

 rain, or fnow, very quickly, probably within twenty- 

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If the horns of the moon, at her firft rifing, or within 

 two or three days after 'her change, are blunt, it be- 



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An iris round the moon is alfo a fign of rain, widi ^ 

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Two. or tlirce difcontmiied and fpecklcd circles or 

 rings round the moon, befpeak a ftorm. 



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■- Sigm of rainy Weather from the clouds. ' 



If in an e%Tning there appear'many fmall clouds 

 from the weft, it fliews that rain is gathering, and 

 will foon fall. ,!' , 



When cloulds appear likq rocks or towers, they fi^- 

 nify great ftiowers. . ' ' 



Mr. Ozanam fays. That when we fee little, black, 

 loofe clouds, wandering too and fro, lower than the 

 reft, we apprehend a future ftorm ; and when at the 

 rifing of the fun, feveral clouds are feen to gather in 

 the weft, and, on the other hand, if thefe clouds 

 difperfe, it befpeaks fair Weather. ^ 

 When the fun through the clouds appears double or 

 triple, It fliews a ftorm of long duration. 



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If the rainbow appears very big, it denotes much 

 wet; but if very red, wind withal. 

 XI a rainbow appears after a long drought, it fignifies 

 i^ain ; but if it appears after a long time of wet, it be- 

 tokens fair Weather. .. ' 



a rainbow appears in the morning, it betokens fmall 



rain, and fair Weather prefentlv after. 



. If a rainbow vanijfhes altogether, fair Weather will 



follow, winds will arife, and bring great ftiowers 



from the part that the rainbow firft begins to breaic or 



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If the rainbow'fee liroSen in many parts, tempeftuous 

 . winds are gathering in the air. :• ^t*!;';'^:^ '.r^*;. ■ 



If, after a rainbow appears, the colours grow darker 

 ; and darker, rain is gatherings if lighter, and the co- 

 lours fairer, fair Weather. ' , . '.. ■ , 

 Mr. Ozanam fays, a rainbow in the eaft, efpecially 

 if it be of a bright lively colour, is a fign of great r^in. 

 : A rainbow in the eaft, in an evening, prefages fair 



weather j but if the colour is lively and red, it prefages 

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A rainbow in the weft foretels an indifferent quantity 

 of rain and thunder. 



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If two rainbows appear together, it foretels fair Wea- 

 : ther for the prefent, but rain two or three days after. 



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If mius arife out of ponds and rivers to the top of 

 hills, it betolceris that there will be rain foon, cither 

 the fame day, or comqionly within two or three days ; 

 )ut if, when they arife out of fuch places, they vanifli 

 away, it is a fign of fair Weather. - ■ 



If there be a eeneral mift, both on the hills and vales, 

 before the fun rifing near the full moon, it denotes fair 



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Mr, Ozanam fays, If you obferve a white vapour 

 . arifing upon waters, or marlhes, or meads, after fun- 

 ' fet, or before fun-rifihg, it will be fair warm Weather 



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When'the Tun is fair and bright at its rifing in a morn- 

 ing, iind is blufliing, without fpots or black clouds, 

 near hirn when he fets at night, it is a fign of fair 

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When the moon is three or four days old, and has 

 her horns ftiarp, and pointed very bright, it is a fign 

 of fair Weather rill flie comes to the full, if not the 

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If the moon has a bright fliining circle about her when 

 fhe is at the full, it promifes fair XVeather formany days. 

 When the ftars fliine out clear and bright, and feem 

 to dart out pointed rays, it is a fign of fair Weather. 



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