A Concise Analytical And Logical Development Of The Atmospheric System

Author : Thomas B. Butler
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ISBN 13 : 9781331993049
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book A Concise Analytical and Logical Development of the Atmospheric System, and of the Elements of Prognostication written by Thomas B. Butler and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-26 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Concise Analytical and Logical Development of the Atmospheric System, and of the Elements of Prognostication: By Which the Weather May Be Forecasted, Adapted to the Practical Mind of the Country This Book is the result of habitual personal observation and continued investigation and reflection for half a century. It will be found, on critical and thorough examination, to be substantially what its title page imports. It was no light matter to undertake to brush away the mystery and superstition which have enveloped the subject, and make it comprehensible by practical men; and a much more serious tiling to attempt to meet, expose, and refute the prevalent false theories by which the subject is persistently obscured; and the reader should understand and appreciate my motives. He will find them stated in several places in the volume; and particularly on pages 367,8, and 9, but a brief explanation is proper here. My early days were spent at Wethersfield, near the banks of the Connecticut. At that point on the river there are two large coves, and extensive meadows containing many creeks, and it is a favorite stopping place for water-fowl in their spring and fall migrations up and down the river. They were then much more numerous than now. At the age of 12 I had access to a small fowling piece, and became passionately fond of hunting them. I was permitted to indulge my passion within certain limits, and at prescribed hours of certain days, and I soon began to feel interested to know what the weather would then be, and to watch it, and enquire respecting it of some retired and weatherwise sea captains who lived in the neighborhood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.