Many popular sayings in weather lore can be traced back to Theophrastus and his book On Signs
“A dry May and a leaking June” is one of many traditional weather sayings that can be traced back to a work by the Greek philosopher Theophrastus.
His book On Signs, written in the fourth century BC, was the first attempt to gather weather lore into a single volume. Aristotle created a theory of weather in his book Meteorology, but his successor attempted to give guidance on practical weather prediction, making him perhaps the first published weather forecaster.
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Author : David Hambling
Publish date : 2024-05-09 05:00:41
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