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VIII. (Book 8)
Nubes.
Ex aquâ ascendit Vapor. 1.
Inde fit Nubes 2. & propè terram Nebula. 3.
E Nube guttatim stillat Pluvia 4 & Imber.
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Ex aquâ ascendit Vapor. 1.
Inde fit Nubes 2. & propè terram Nebula. 3.
E Nube guttatim stillat Pluvia 4 & Imber.
Quae, gelata, Grando; 5. semigelata, Nix; 6. calefacta, Rubigo est.
In nube pluviosâ, Soli oppositâ, apparet Iris. 7.
Gutta, incidens in aquam, facit Bullam; 8. multae Bullae faciunt Spumam. 9.
Aqua congelata Glacies; 10. Ros congelatus, Pruina, dicitur.
Ex vapore sulphureo fit Tonitru, quod, erumpens è nube cum Fulgure, 11. tonat & fulminat.
A vapour 1. ascendeth from the water.
From it a Cloud 2. is made, and a white Mist 3.
neer 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 Rain-bow 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, a white Frost.
Thunder is made of a brimstone-like vapour, which breaking out of a cloud with lightning, 11. thundereth and strik∣eth with lightening.