MACKENZIE, GEORGE. The System of the Weather of the British Islands; Discovered in 1816 and 1817 from a Journal Commencing November 1802. Edinburgh: For the Author, 1818. 4to, original grey boards, printed paper spine label, a little wear at extremities, joints starting at ends; uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION. 2 plates and one folding table. Scarce. George Mackenzie (1777-1856) as early as 1802 began to keep a register of atmospheric changes, making observations in succession at Perth, Edinburgh, Dover, London, Haddington, Plymouth, Newcastle and Leith. It was fourteen years before he was able to form a tolerable classification of atmospheric phenomena. He discovered that the periodical commencement and termination of years of scarcity or abundance are undoubtedly ascertainable, with the recurrence of favourable or unfavourable seasons.--D.N.B.
MACKENZIE, GEORGE. The System of the Weather of the British Islands; Discovered in 1816 and 1817 from a Journal Commencing November 1802. Edinburgh: For the Author, 1818. 4to, original grey boards, printed paper spine label, a little wear at extremities, joints starting at ends; uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION. 2 plates and one folding table. Scarce. George Mackenzie (1777-1856) as early as 1802 began to keep a register of atmospheric changes, making observations in succession at Perth, Edinburgh, Dover, London, Haddington, Plymouth, Newcastle and Leith. It was fourteen years before he was able to form a tolerable classification of atmospheric phenomena. He discovered that the periodical commencement and termination of years of scarcity or abundance are undoubtedly ascertainable, with the recurrence of favourable or unfavourable seasons.--D.N.B.
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