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Weather Lore

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

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Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

350 kr

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Weather Lore

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

AvRichard Inwards

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

182 kr

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Weather Lore

AvRichard Inwards

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

377 kr

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Weather Lore

AvRichard Inwards

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

238 kr

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Temple of the Andes

AvRichard Inwards

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

350 kr

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Temple of the Andes

AvRichard Inwards

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

182 kr

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Weather Lore

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

AvRichard Inwards

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

305 kr

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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'.

The Temple of the Andes

AvRichard Inwards

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

342 kr

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Richard Inwards (1840-1937) won renown as the author of the highly popular Weather Lore (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). For many years he worked as a mine manager, and in 1866, while working in Bolivia, he visited the site of Tiwanaku. Although the ruins of this once great city were first described by the conquistadores, it was not until the nineteenth century, with the development of more rigorous archaeological methods, that the site began to be more fully studied. Although published in 1884, this brief account is based on Inwards' 1866 visit, and so is contemporaneous with the work there by E. G. Squier. Pre-dating many of the earliest studies, the book is well illustrated with sketches and plans. The text describes the structures that Inwards observed, provides current thinking as to their possible purpose and original characteristics, and also offers remarks on the local people and culture of the present day.

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

AvRichard Inwards

Häftad, Engelska

522 kr

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Weather Lore Volume II

A Collection of Proverbs, Sayings and Rules Concerning the Weather – Sun, Moon and Stars & The Elements: Sky, Air, Sound, Heat

AvRichard Inwards

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

93 kr

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From earliest times, hunters, shepherds, sailors, and tillers of the earth have studied the influence of the Sun, Moon and the Stars on the weather.Accurate weather predictions have always been an important human ambition and one that for some could ensure their success or failure. The result has been the framing of a rough set of rules about the weather. Some of these observations have become proverbs; others have taken the shape of rhymes; while many have been passed down by word of mouth, as mere records of facts.

Weather Lore Volume III

A Collection of Proverbs, Sayings and Rules Concerning the Weather – The Elements: Clouds, Mists, Haze, Dew, Fog, Rain, Rainbows

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Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

96 kr

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Much is to be gleaned by the countryman who watches from the hilltop the drifting of the clouds, the descending of mists, the presence of dew, or the coming of rain.Accurate weather predictions have always been an important human ambition and one that for some could ensure their success or failure. The result has been the framing of a rough set of rules about the weather. Some of these observations have become proverbs; others have taken the shape of rhymes; while many have been passed down by word of mouth, as mere records of facts.

Weather Lore Volume I

A Collection of Proverbs, Sayings and Rules Concerning the Weather – Weather in General

AvRichard Inwards

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

100 kr

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The state of the weather is almost the first topic of conversation when people meet, which is not surprising when it is a matter of such importance to our well being, health, prosperity, and even to life itself.Accurate weather predictions have always been an important human ambition and one that for some could ensure their success or failure. The result has been the framing of a rough set of rules about the weather. Some of these observations have become proverbs; others have taken the shape of rhymes; while many have been passed down by word of mouth, as mere records of facts.