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MR. INWARDS is to be congratulated on the fact that his industry, exhibited in the collection of quaint sayings concerning the weather, has been rewarded by the demand for a third edition of his book on weather lore. If this popularity indicates a greater taste for an acquaintance with unscientific rules to be applied for the purposes of weather prediction over long periods, than an appreciation for the forecasts made on sound principles but for shorter intervals, it would imply a retrograde movement in meteorological education; but we imagine the demand for the book arises rather from the curious information it contains, and the old-world wisdom it exhibits, than from its scientific teaching and character of guide to weather prophecy. This edition is apparently much increased in size, and some features of a distinctly scientific value have been added. We notice a frontispiece in which the typical forms of cloud are well illustrated, and the average height at which these clouds float is marked by the marginal introduction of well-known mountain summits, calculated to bring home to us a correct notion of the elevation at which these clouds circulate. Cloud study is deserving of much more attention than it generally receives, and we welcome any attempt to induce more regular examination of the forms and motions of the familiar spectacle clouds present.
Weather Lore. A Collection of Proverbs, Sayings and Rules concerning the Weather.
By Richard Inwards Third edition. (London: Elliot Stock, 1898.)
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Weather Lore A Collection of Proverbs, Sayings and Rules concerning the Weather. Nature 58, 222 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/058222a0
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