Reading Barometers
A contraction of rules for foretelling weather--in accordance with the
following pages--is submitted, for scales of common barometers.
RISE FALL
FOR FOR
N. ELY. S. WLY.
NW.-N.-E. SE.-S.-W.
DRY WET
OR OR
LESS MORE
WIND. WIND.
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EXCEPT EXCEPT
WET FROM WET FROM
N. ED. N. ED.
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Add one tenth for each hundred feet above the Sea.
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LONG FORETOLD--LONG LAST,
SHORT NOTICE--SOON PAST.
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FIRST RISE AFTER LOW,
FORETELLS STRONGER BLOW.
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