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[Image from John Comenius, Orbis Senfualium Piélus: Omnium Principalium in Mundo Rerun/ Vita Аllопит, translated as Pictura et Nomenclatur, the Visible World, or A Nomenclature, and Pictures of all Chief Things that are int he World, translated into English by Charles Hoof...1726. See an earlier post here for more on Comenius. Image Source: PROJECT GUTENBERG.]
Clouds
A Vapour, (1). ascendeth
from the Water.
From it a Cloud, (2).
is made, and a white Mist, (3).
near the Earth.
Rain, (4).
and a small Shower
distilleth out of a Cloud,
drop by drop.
Which being frozen, is Hail, (5).
half frozen is Snow, (6).
being warm is Mel-dew.
In a rainy Cloud,
set over against the Sun
the Rainbow, (7). appeareth.
A drop falling into the water
maketh a Bubble, (8).
many Bubbles make
froth, (9).
Frozen Water
is called Ice, (10).
Dew congealed,
(13) is called a white Frost
Thunder is made of
a brimstone-like vapour,
which breaking out of a Cloud,
with Lightning, (11).
thundereth and
striketh with lightning
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