 After fine clear weather, the first signs in the sky of a coming change are usually light streaks, curls, wisps, or mottled patches of white distant clouds, which increase and are followed by an overcasting of murky vapour that grows into cloudiness.  The Farmer's Almanac and Calendar - Page 44by Cuthbert William Johnson, William Shaw - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Naval art and science - 1860 - 740 pages
...followed by an overcasting of murky vapour that grows into cloudiness. This appearance, more or less oily, or watery, as wind or rain will prevail, is...clouds seem to be, the more gradual, but general, the coming change of weather will prove. Light, delicate, quiet tints or colours, with soft, undefined... | |
 | 1860 - 366 pages
...followed by an overcasting of murky vapour that grows into cloudiness. This appearance, more or less oily or watery, as wind or rain will prevail, is an...such clouds seem to be the more gradual, but general, the coming change of weather will prove. Light, delicate, quiet tints or colours, with soft, undefined... | |
 | Great Britain. Board of Trade - 1860 - 22 pages
...followed by an overcasting of murky vapour that grows into cloudiness. This appearance, more or less oily, or watery, as wind or rain will prevail, is...clouds seem to be, — the more gradual, but general, the coming change of weather will prove. Light, delicate, quiet tints or colours, with soft, undefined... | |
 | 1860 - 736 pages
...followed by an overeasting of murky vapour that grows into eloudiness. This appearanee, more or less oily or watery, as wind or rain will prevail, is an infallible sign. Light, delieate, quiet tints or eolours, with soft, undefined forms of elouds, indieate or aeeompany... | |
 | Pharmacy - 1861 - 656 pages
...followed by an overcasting of murky vapour that grows into cloudiness. This appearance, more or less oily, or watery, as wind or rain will prevail is an...clouds seem to be, — the more gradual, but general, the coming change of weather will prove. Light, delicate, quiet tints or colours, with soft, undefined... | |
 | Jabez Hogg - Physics - 1861 - 594 pages
...followed by an overcasting of murky vapour that grows into cloudiness. This appearance, more or less oily or watery, as wind or rain will prevail, is an...clouds seem to be, the more gradual, but general, the coming change of weather will prove. Light, delicate, quiet tints or colours, with soft, undefined... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - Winds - 1861 - 408 pages
...followed by an overcasting of murky vapour that grows into cloudiness. This appearance, more or less oily, or watery, as wind or rain will prevail, is...clouds seem to be, — the more gradual, but general, the coming change of weather will prove. Light, delicate, quiet tints of colours, with soft undefined... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 846 pages
...by an overcasting of murUy vapor that grows into cloudiness. 1 bis appearance, more or less oil}-, or watery, as wind or rain will prevail, is an infallible..."Usually, the higher and more distant such clouds seem to he the more gradual, hut general, the coming chango of weather will prove. " Light, delicate, quiet... | |
 | John Timbs - 1864 - 328 pages
...followed by an overcasting of murky vapour that grows into cloudiness. This appearance, more or less oily or watery, as wind or rain will prevail, is an...such clouds seem to be, the more gradual but general the coming change of weather will prove. Light, delicate, quiet tints or colours, with soft, undefined... | |
 | John Timbs - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 320 pages
...followed by an overcasting of murky vapour that grows into cloudiness. This appearance, more or less oily or watery, as wind or rain will prevail, is an...such clouds seem to be, the more gradual but general the coming change of weather will prove. Light, delicate, quiet tints or colours, with soft, undefined... | |
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