Theophrastus of Eresus on Winds and on Weather SignsEdward Stanford, 1894 - 97 Seiten Records of attempted weather prediction extend as far back as Aristotle and Theophrastus. This is a translation of Theophrastus' book about wind. |
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Africus Aparctias Apeliotes appear Aquilo Argestes Arist Aristotelian Aristotle Aristotle's Athens begin to blow Boeotia Boreas breezes Bruttium called cause cease Circius clear weather clouds cold Corus diagram direction division East equinox Euboea Euroauster Euronotos Euros Eurus fact Favonius force Greek happens heat Hesiod Hymettus Iapyx indicate wind indicates a storm indicates fair weather indicates rain Kaikias late Autumn Latin Libonotos lightning Locri matter Megaris meridian Meses Meteorological moist monsoon moon morning names North Notos observed occur opposite Oropus passage phenomena Phoenikias place of origin place of sunrise Pleiades produced quarter reason reference Schneider's Septentrio set in motion sign of rain sign of storm sign of wind snow South Southerly winds Spring stars sublimation Summer solstice sunset Theophrastus Thermaic Gulf THESSALIA Thraskias translation twelve winds vapour Vatican Table Vulturnus W.N.W. wind wind blowing Winter solstice word Zephyros وو
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Seite 12 - Graiorum obscura reperta difficile inlustrare Latinis versibus esse, multa novis verbis praesertim cum sit agendum propter egestatem linguae et rerum novitatem ; sed tua me virtus tamen et sperata voluptas 140 , suavis amicitiae quemvis sufferre laborem suadet et inducit noctes vigilare serenas quaerentem dictis quibus et quo carmine demum clara tuae possim praepandere lumina menti, res quibus occultas penitus convisere possis.
Seite 58 - ... if the number is excessively great, it indicates severe drought; and generally birds and cocks pecking themselves is a sign of rain ; and so when they imitate the sound of water as if it were raining. If a tame duck going under the eaves shakes out its wings, it indicates rain. And so also if jackdaws and cocks shake out their wings over a pond or the sea like a duck, it indicates rain.
Seite 12 - Nec me animi fallit Graiorum obscura reperta difficile inlustrare Latinis versibus esse, multa novis verbis praesertim cum sit agendum propter egestatem linguae et rerum novitatem...
Seite 51 - Fear not as much a cloud from the land as from ocean in Winter; But in the Summer a cloud from a darkling coast is a warning...
Seite 97 - ... the intermediate subdivisions making up the 32 points, or rhumbs, of the compass card is probably due to Flemish navigators ; but they were recognized even in the time of Geoffrey Chaucer, who in 1391 wrote, "Now is thin(e) Orisonte departed in xxiiii. partiez by thi azymutz, in signification of xxiiii. partiez of the world : al be it so that ship men rikne thilke partiez in xxxii.
Seite 60 - Secrets.^ In Brittany, too, it is believed that when ants are unusually busy, foul weather is at hand. Greek weather-lore took into account the doings of ants : — " If ants on the side of a hollow carry their eggs from the nest to the high ground, it indicates rain; but if they carry them down, fair weather.
Seite 64 - The farther the sight, the nearer the rain. When the distant hills are more than usually distinct, rain approaches. If the land appears dark from the sea, the wind will be from the west ; if light, it will be from the south.
Seite 15 - The winds" — and Mr. Wood draws a necessary and picturesque distinction between TTVOI), avf/j.of, and fiifia — " are separate and distinct entities, flowing in definite courses, and not mere movements of the same air hither and thither : that to produce wind matter has to be formed, and the more matter the greater the wind : and this matter is derived from the earth, and is distinct from vapour.
Seite 56 - The plainest sign is that which is to be observed in the morning, when, before the sun rises, the sky appears reddened over ; and it indicates rain...
Seite 66 - The ENE and WSW are chiefly wet ; N. by W., NNW and WNW bring hail; NNE, N., and N. by W. bring cloud; S., W., and ESE bring heat. All other winds drive the clouds before them; the ENE alone draws them towards itself. — [GREECE.] THEOPHRASTUS (Signs, etc.