 Can you explain this omen? Phys. A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing or depositing the rain are opposite to the sun — and in the evening the rainbow is in the east, and in the morning in the west; and as our heavy rains, in this climate,...  Elementary Meteorology - Página 201por Robert Henry Scott - 1898 - 410 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1829 - 786 páginas
...clouds; and consequently the more ready to fall. As to the rainbow, the old proverb is correct, — " A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning : A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight." It may be thus explained : — A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing or depositing the... | |
 | 1828 - 456 páginas
...the nearer the clouds, and consequently the more ready to fall. The old proverb is often correct : A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning ; A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight. A rainbow can only occur when the clouds, containing or depositing the rain, are opposite to the sun... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - 1828 - 300 páginas
...consequently the more ready to fall. HAL. — I have often observed that the old proverb is correct — A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning : A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight. Can you explain this omen ? PHYS. — A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing, or depositing,... | |
 | 1828 - 450 páginas
...the nearer the clouds, and consequently the more ready to fall. The old proverb is often correct : A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning ; A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight. A rainbow can only occur when the clouds, containing or depositing the rain, are opposite to the sun... | |
 | 1829 - 832 páginas
...the nearer the clouds, and consequently the more ready to fall. The old proverb is often correct : A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning : A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight. A rainbow can only occur when the clouds, containing or depositing the rain, are opposite to the sun... | |
 | John S. Skinner - 1829 - 436 páginas
...the nearer the clouds, and consequently the more r eady to fall. The old proverb is often correct: "A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning; A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight." I send you herewith the 13th number of this work, which will enable you to judge of its utility, [f... | |
 | William Rhind - 1830 - 376 páginas
...experience, which an attenc tion to the influence of the -winds, &c. will serve to explain. One is, 'A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning, a rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight.' Now it is obvious, that, in a country with the ocean to the west, nine-tenths of the rain will come... | |
 | Library, John Baxter - 1830 - 594 páginas
...the nearer the clouds, and consequently the more ready to fall. The old proverb is often correct: — A rainbow in the morning, is the shepherd's warning ; A rainbow at night, is the shepherd's delight. A rainbow can only occur when the clouds, retaining or depositing the rain, are opposite to the sun... | |
 | William Rhind - 1830 - 262 páginas
...experience, which an attenc tion to the influence of the winds, &c. will serve to explain. One is, fA rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning, a rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight.' Now it is obvious, that, in a country with the ocean to the west, nine-tenths of the rain will come... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 582 páginas
...the more ready to fall. " Halieus.— 1. have often observed, that the old proverb is correct — ' A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning ; A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight.' — Can you explain this omen? " Physicus. — A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing... | |
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