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Project Gutenberg's The Philosophy of the Weather, by Thomas Belden Butler This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes Author: Thomas Belden Butler Release Date: August 14, 2010 [EBook #33429] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE WEATHER *** Produced by Robin Monks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project and from The Internet Archive: American Libraries.) THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE WEATHER. AND A GUIDE TO ITS CHANGES. BY T. B. BUTLER. NEW YORK: D. APPLETON & COMPANY, NOS. 346 & 348 BROADWAY. 1856. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by T. B. BUTLER, In the Clerks Office of the District Court of the District of Connecticut. ELECTROTYPED BY THOMAS B. SMITH, 82 & 84 Beekman Street. PRINTED BY J. F. TROW, 379 Broadway. INTRODUCTION. The atmospheric conditions and phenomena which constitute "The Weather" are of surpassing interest. Now, we rejoice in the genial air and warm rains of spring, which clothe the earth with verdure; in the alternating heat and showers of summer, which insure the bountiful harvest; in the milder, ripening sunshine of autumn; or the mantle of snow and the invigorating air of a moderate winter's-day. Now, again, we suffer from drenching rains and, devastating floods, or excessive and debilitating heat and parching drought, or sudden and unseasonable frost, or extreme cold. And now, death and destruction come upon us or our property, at any season, in the gale, the hurricane, or the tornado; or a succession of sudden or peculiar changes blight our expected crops, and plant in our systems the seeds of epidemic disease and death. These, and other normal conditions, and varied changes, and violent extremes, potent for good or evil, are continually alternating above and around us. They affect our health and personal comfort, and, through those with whom we are connected, our social and domestic enj
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