John Frederic Daniell Quote

Man may almost with propriety be said to be a meteorologist by nature: he is naturally placed in such a state of dependence upon the elements, that to watch their vicissitudes and anticipate their disturbances, becomes a necessary portion of the labor to which he is born.


Meteorological Essays and Observations, An Essay on the Constitution of the Atmosphere (p. 1)


Man may almost with propriety be said to be a meteorologist by nature: he is naturally placed in such a state of dependence upon the elements, that...

Man may almost with propriety be said to be a meteorologist by nature: he is naturally placed in such a state of dependence upon the elements, that...

Man may almost with propriety be said to be a meteorologist by nature: he is naturally placed in such a state of dependence upon the elements, that...

Man may almost with propriety be said to be a meteorologist by nature: he is naturally placed in such a state of dependence upon the elements, that...