Talk of the Weather
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Meteorology, Publishing, Periodicals |
Reports on a 'learned discussion' on the 'causes of rain' and discusses a suggestion that it is caused by the union of volumes of air, a theory which is associated with the 'puffing' actions of the press and the 'dampness of the atmosphere' caused by their 'airy nothings'. | |
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