. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . ther; so likewise isthe continuance of abundant dew upon the grass after a serene contrary events announce a change of weather, which may bemore clearly known by the clouds gathering and lowering ; by the sky,after serene weather, becoming undulated as it were with small clouds. The indications of approaching changes of the weather from theform of the clouds
. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . ther; so likewise isthe continuance of abundant dew upon the grass after a serene contrary events announce a change of weather, which may bemore clearly known by the clouds gathering and lowering ; by the sky,after serene weather, becoming undulated as it were with small clouds. The indications of approaching changes of the weather from theform of the clouds have been much insisted upon by some indications are far from being infallible ; yet experience and ob-servation justify certain deductions in respect to the coming weather,which may be of some value to the farmer. Although the forms of ENCYCLOPEDIA. 137 OBSERVATIONS ON THE WEATHER. clouds are greatly diversified, they may all be comprised in seven mod-ifications as follows : Cirrus or Curl-ehud. Cumulus or slacken-cloud. Cirrocumulus or Sander-cloud. Nimbus or Rain-cloud* Cirrostratus or Wane-cloud. Stratus or Fall cloud. Cuaiulostratus or Twain-cloud. These clouds are represented in the following 138 FAMILY HORTICULTURE. Obs. 1. The cirrus or curl cloud Fig. 1. derives its name from itscurling form, which often assumes the appearance of a bunch of wooldrawn out into fine pointed ends. A variety of this cloud is knownby farmers under the name of mares tail, and is an accompaniment ofvariable weather, and prognosticates wind and rain. 2. The Cirrocumulus or sonder-cloud Fig. 2. consists of beds ofsmall, well defined masses of clouds which lie in the neighborhood ofeach other, yet are separated from each other and distinct, as the wordsonder or sunder indicates. The prevalence of this cloud in summerforebodes a higher temperature ; in winter, it indicates warm and wetweather. When these clouds are very dense, and quite round in theirform, they are a fo
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