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Weather Lore

A Collection of Proverbs, Sayings, and Rules Concerning the Weather

Richard Inwards author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:11th Dec '14

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Published in 1893, this is the second edition of an entertaining and fascinating collection of proverbs, rhymes and sayings about the weather.

This entertaining collection of proverbs, rhymes and sayings about the weather, reissued in its 1893 second edition, does not claim scientific accuracy. It does, however, include the notable observations that 'if spaniels sleep more than usual, it foretells wet weather' but 'if rats are more restless than usual, rain is at hand'.Richard Inwards (1840–1937) trained as a mining engineer, working on projects in Europe and South America (his book on Tiwanaku in Bolivia, The Temple of the Andes, is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). A fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and the Royal Astronomical Society, Inwards became well known in scientific circles. Weather Lore was first published in 1869, with this 1893 second edition including new entries from the United States. Compiled from sources as diverse as Hesiod, the Bible and Francis Bacon, the collection includes the notable observations that 'if spaniels sleep more than usual, it foretells wet weather', but 'if rats are more restless than usual, rain is at hand'. Often entertaining, always fascinating, the book does not pretend to be scientifically accurate; as the author was to remark later, 'no human being can correctly predict the weather, even for a week to come'.

ISBN: 9781108077620

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm

Weight: 280g

212 pages