 | 1828 - 746 pagina’s
...tint portends fine weather? “Pwrs.—The air when dry, I believe, refracts more red, or heatmaking, rays; and as dry air is not perfectly transparent,...have generally observed a coppery or yellow sunset to foretel rain; but, as an indication of wet weather approaching, nothing is more certain than a halo... | |
 | 1828 - 456 pagina’s
...portend fine weather. The reason of which is, that the air, when dry, refracts more red or heat-making rays ; and as dry air is not perfectly transparent, they are again reflected in the horizon. A coppery or yellow sunset generally foretels rain ; but as an indication of wet weather approaching,... | |
 | 1829 - 786 pagina’s
...tint of purple, it portends fine weather, because the air when dry refracts more red or heat-making rays; and as dry air is not perfectly transparent, they are again reflected in the horizon. A coppery or yellow sunset generally foretells rain ; but as an indication of wet weather approaching,... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - 1828 - 300 pagina’s
...tint portends fine weather? PHYS. — The air when dry, I believe, refracts more red, or heat-making, rays; and as dry air is not perfectly transparent,...have generally observed a coppery or yellow sunset to foretel rain; but, as an indication of wet weather approaching, nothing is more certain than a halo... | |
 | 1828 - 450 pagina’s
...portend fine weather. The reason of which is, that the air, when dry, refracts more red or heat-making rays ; and as dry air is not perfectly transparent, they are again reflected in the horizon. A coppery or yellow sunset generally foretels rain ; but as an indication of wet weather approaching,... | |
 | 1829 - 832 pagina’s
...portend fine weather. The reason of which is, that the air, when dry, refracts more red or heat-making rays ; and as dry air is not perfectly transparent, they are again reflected in the horizon. A copper or yellow sunset generally foretells rain ; but as an indication of wet weather approaching,... | |
 | John S. Skinner - 1829 - 436 pagina’s
...portend fine weather. The reason of which is, that the air, when dry, refracts more red, or heat-making rays; and as dry air is not perfectly transparent, they are again reflected in the horizon. A copper, or yellow sunset, generally foretells rain; but as an indication of wet weather approaching,... | |
 | Library, John Baxter - 1830 - 614 pagina’s
...portend fine weather. The reason of which is, that the air when dry refracts more red or heat-making rays ; and as dry air is not perfectly transparent, they are again reflected in the horizon. A copper or yellow sunset generally foretells rain ; but as an indication of wet weather approaching,... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pagina’s
...portend fine weather : the reason of which is, that the air, when dry, refracts more red or heat-making rays ; and as dry air is not perfectly transparent, they are again reflected in the horizon. A coppery or yellow sunset generally foretels rain : but as an indication of wet weather approaching,... | |
 | 1834 - 582 pagina’s
...portend flue weather. The reason of which is. that the air, when dry, refracts more redor heat-making rays ; and, as dry air is not perfectly transparent, they are again reflected in the horizon. A copper or yellow sunset generally foretells rain; but asan indication of wet weather approaching,... | |
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I have generally observed a coppery or yellow sunset to foretel rain; but, as an indication of wet weather approaching, nothing is more certain than a halo round the moon, which is produced by the precipitated water ; and the larger the circle, the nearer... 
