Old Forecasting Arts (1 results)
Weather Prognostics; Almanacs, Lunar Cycles, and the Old Arts of Forecasting . A Victorian guide to the traditional signs of coming weather, written before meteorology became a science of instruments. By Dionysius Lardner. An article printed in 1854.
READING THE WEATHER: LARDNER ON ALMANACS, CYCLES, & OLD FORECASTING ARTS
Published by Walton and Maberly, London, 1854
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Surveys historical methods of weather prediction, including lunar influence and the writings of Toaldo, Horsley, and others. 16 Pages. Illustrated with wood engravings. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without a title page. This particular trial report has been removed from a volume of Lardner's Museum of Science & Art and is now preserved in a modern loose card cover - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 11 x 18 cms. Category: Museum of Science & Art; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…
