Opening On Winds — Theophrastus in Plato Scroll…
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Theophrastus · James G. Wood
Translated by James G. Wood FROM what elements, in what manner, and through what causes the physical constitution of the winds derives its origin has been already considered. We must now endeavour to show that each wind is accompanied by forces and other conditions in due and fixed relation to itself; and that such conditions in fact differentiate the winds one from another. Now, the differences that exist involve, and consist of, such conditions as the following: — for instance, greater or less volume, cold, heat, or (in more general terms) storm or calm, wet weather or clear weather; and, again, their frequency or infrequency; their occurrence season by season, or not at all seasons; and whether they are continuous and uniform, or intermittent and variable. In a word, they involve every condition that arises in the heavens, the air, the earth, and the sea by reason of the blowing of …
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