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SUNSHINE AND SHOWERS: 



THEIR 



INFLUENCES THROUGHOUT CREATION. 



A COMPENDIUM OF 



POPULAR METEOROLOGY. 



BY 



ANDREW STEINMETZ, Esq, 



OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTEB-AT-LAW, 

 AUTHOR OF ' A MANUAL OF WEATHER-CASTS,' ETC. ETC. 



This Work not only treats fully all the leading topics of Meteorology, 

 but especially of the use of the Hygrometer, for which systematic Rules 

 are now for the first time drawn up. Among other interesting and useful 

 subjects, are chapters on Rainfall in England and Europe in general — 

 Wet and Dry Years — Temperature and Moisture icith respect to the health 

 of Plants and Animals — The Wonders of Evaporation — Soil Temperature 

 — The Influence of Trees on Climate and Water Supply — The Prognosti- 

 cation of the Seasons and Harvest — The Characteristics and Meteor- 

 ology of the Seasons — Rules of the Barometer — Rules of the Thermometer 

 as a Weather Glass — Popular Weather-casts — Anemometry — and finally, 

 What becomes of the Sunshine — and What becomes of the Showers. 



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