Foretelling the Weather.
A Spanish journal tells of an interestIng experiment to be tried with a cup of clear coffee and a lump of sugar. The Bugar should bo dropped Into the coffee •without stirring. In a moment tho air contained in the sugar will rise to the surface in the shape of bubbles, and these bubbles axe exoellont weather indications. 11 they collect in the middle of tho cup, a fair day follows; if, adversely, they adhere to the sides, forming a ring of bubbles with a clear space in the center, take your umbrella, for rain is at hand, while If they do neither one thing nor the other, but soatter irregularly, variable weather lfl indicated. Just what is tho scientific explanation of the action of the atmosphere on the bubbles is not stated, but that their Indications ouriously agree with those of a barometer has been tested.
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Manawatu Herald, 30 July 1898, Page 4
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150Foretelling the Weather. Manawatu Herald, 30 July 1898, Page 4
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