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The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World By: Charles Tomlinson (1808-1897) |
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OR,
An Account
OF
THE NATURE, PROPERTIES, DANGERS,
AND USES OF RAIN, IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD. PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATION
APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING
CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. LONDON:
Printed for the
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.
SOLD AT THE DEPOSITORY,
GREAT QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS,
AND 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE. 1846. LONDON:
R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.
p. 10.
RAINS PECULIAR TO EACH SEASON—SPRING SHOWERS—MIDSUMMER RAINS—RAINS OF
AUTUMN AND WINTER—MEANS OF SUPPLYING THE EARTH WITH RAIN—RAIN
CLOUDS—DECEPTIVE APPEARANCES OF CLOUDS—THEIR LIGHT AND SHADE—EFFECTS
OF CLOUDS IN MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRIES—ASCENT OF MONTE PIENTIO—ASCENT TO
THE PEAK OF TENERIFFE—GRAND EFFECTS OF CLOUDS IN THE PYRENEES—VOYAGE
IN A BALLOON THROUGH THE CLOUDS.
CHAPTER II.
p. 37.
EFFECTS OF RAIN IN MOUNTAINOUS DISTRICTS—THE DISTRICT OF MORAY—THE
GREAT FLOODS OF 1829—COMMENCEMENT OF THE RAIN—THE SWOLLEN
RIVERS—DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF THE FLOOD—MEANS ADOPTED FOR THE RESCUE OF
COTTAGERS—KERR AND HIS BRAVE DELIVERERS—RESCUE OF FUNNS AND HIS
FAMILY—FLOODS OF THE RHONE IN 1840—OVERFLOWING OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
CHAPTER III.
p. 74.
VARIOUS FORMS OF CLOUDS—THE CIRRUS, OR CURL CLOUD—THE CUMULUS, OR
STACKEN CLOUD—THE STRATUS, OR FALL CLOUD—THE CIRRO CUMULUS, OR
SONDER CLOUD—THE CIRRO STRATUS, OR WANE CLOUD—THE CUMULO STRATUS, OR
TWAIN CLOUD—THE NIMBUS, OR RAIN CLOUD—ARRANGEMENT OF
RAIN CLOUDS—APPEARANCES OF A DISTANT SHOWER—SCUD—CAUSE OF
RAIN—FORMATION OF CLOUDS—MISTS—HEIGHTS OF CLOUDS—APPEARANCE OF THE SKY
ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
CHAPTER IV.
p. 107.
ON HAIL—THE HAIL STORMS OF FRANCE—THE DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF HAIL—THE
HAIL STORMS OF SOUTH AMERICA—THEIR SURPRISING EFFECTS—ORIGIN AND
NATURE OF HAIL—PERIODICAL FALLS OF HAIL—HAIL CLOUDS—HAILSTONES—THEIR
VARIOUS FORMS—EXTRAORDINARY SIZE OF HAILSTONES.
CHAPTER V.
p. 117.
METHOD OF MEASURING THE QUANTITY OF RAIN THAT FALLS—THE RAIN
GAUGE—METHODS OF OBSERVING FOR RAIN AND SNOW—EFFECTS OF ELEVATION ON
THE QUANTITY OF RAIN—DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TOP OF A TALL BUILDING AND
THE SUMMIT OF A MOUNTAIN—SIZE OF DROPS OF RAIN—VELOCITY OF THEIR
FALL—QUANTITY OF RAIN IN DIFFERENT LATITUDES—EXTRAORDINARY FALLS OF
RAIN—REMARKS ON THE RAIN OF THIS COUNTRY—INFLUENCE OF THE MOON—ABSENCE
OF RAIN—REMARKABLE DROUGHT IN SOUTH AMERICA—ITS TERRIBLE EFFECTS AND
CONSEQUENCES—ARTIFICIAL RAINS.
CHAPTER VI.
p. 137.
THE RAINBOW—DECOMPOSITION OF WHITE LIGHT BY THE PRISM—FORMATION OF
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BOWS—RAINBOWS IN MOUNTAIN REGIONS—THE RAINBOW A
SACRED EMBLEM—LUNAR RAINBOW—LIGHT DECOMPOSED BY CLOUDS—THEIR BEAUTIFUL
COLOURS—EXAMPLES.
CHAPTER VII.
p. 157.
REMARKABLE SHOWERS—SHOWERS OF SAND—OF MUD—SHOWERS OF SULPHUR, OR
YELLOW RAIN—LUMINOUS RAIN—RED RAIN, OR SHOWERS OF BLOOD—SUPERSTITIONS
CONNECTED THEREWITH—EXPLANATION OF THE CAUSE—SHOWERS OF FISH—SHOWERS
OF RATS—SHOWERS OF FROGS—INSECT SHOWER—SHOWERS OF VEGETABLE
SUBSTANCES—MANNA—WHEAT—SHOWERS OF STONES—METEORIC STONES, OR
AEROLITES—METEORIC IRON—SUPPOSITIONS RESPECTING THEM—FOSSIL RAIN... Continue reading book >>
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