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A COMPARATIVE VIEW of METEREOLOGICAL 

 OBSERVATIONS made in IRELAND fince the Tear 

 1788 ; With fome Hints towards forming Prognofics of the 

 Weather. By RICHARD KIR WAN, Efq; F. R. S. and 

 M.RI.A 



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1793- 



1 N the firft and rudefl flage of fociety the purfuits of man- R^^d Feb. 2, 

 kind were neceffarily confined to the means of fupplying their 

 primary wants. Where, by the progrefs of agricuhure, a fixed 

 mode of procuring this fupply had been introduced, civilization 

 gradually took place, and thence forward the general attention 

 has been directed to procuring the comforts of human life ; 

 from this attention the various arts fubfervient to their pro- 

 dudlion have arifen. 



The arts themfelves being nothing elfe than an application 

 of the laws of nature to particular cafes, it was foon found 

 that a knowledge of thefe laws, independent of and abflradled 

 from any particular ufe, would render their application in va- 



A 2 rious 



