 Can you explain this omen? Phys. A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing or depositing the rain are opposite to the sun — and in the evening the rainbow is in the east, and in the morning in the west; and as our heavy rains, in this climate,...  The Naturalist - Page 701857Full view - About this book
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...the nearer the clouds, and consequently the more ready to fall. The old proverb is often correct : A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning ; A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight. A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing the rain are opposite to the sun. In the evening... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 pages
...the more ready to fall. " Halieus. — I have often observed, that the old proverb is correct — ' A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning ; A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight.' — Can you explain this omen ? " Physicus. — A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - Chemistry - 1831 - 582 pages
...the more ready to fall. " Halieus.— 1. have often observed, that the old proverb is correct — ' A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning ; A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight.' — Can you explain this omen? " Physicus. — A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - Fishing - 1832 - 356 pages
...consequently the more ready to fall. Hal. — I have often observed that the old proverb is correct : — " A rainbow in the morning, is the shepherd's warning; A rainbow at night, is the shepherd's delight." Can you explain this omen ? Phys. — A rainbow can only occur when the clouds, containing or depositing... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1832 - 690 pages
...consequently the more ready to fall. Hal. — I have often observed that the old proverb is correct : — " A rainbow in the morning, is the shepherd's warning; A rainbow at night, is the shepherd's delight." Can you explain this omen ? a rainbow in the west indicates that the bad weather is on the road, by... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - Fishes - 1832 - 330 pages
...fall. HAL. — I have often observed, that the old proverb is correct — A rainbow in the ra orning is the shepherd's warning : A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight. Can you explain this omen ? PHYs. — A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing, or depositing,... | |
 | Editor of The family manual and servant's guide - Cooking, English - 1835 - 412 pages
...observers of the weather. Still there is one example fami* The shepherd's old proverb is often correct : A rainbow in the morning Is the shepherd's warning : A rainbow at night Is the shepherd's delight: and the explanation is as follows : a rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing the rain are... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...consequently the more ready to fall. Hal. — I have often observed that the old proverb is correct — A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning: A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight. Can you explain this omen ? Phys. — A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing, or depositing... | |
 | Readers - 1839 - 428 pages
...circle the nearer the clouds, and consequently the more ready to iall. The old proverb is often correct: A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning; A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight. A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing the rain are opposite to the sun. In the evening... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1842 - 242 pages
...clouds, and, consequently, the more ready to fall. As to the rainbow, the old proverb is correct : — " A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning ; "A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight." It may be thus explained. A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing or depositing the rain... | |
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