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October 29, 2012 05:23 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/dL8OulDQvBU/ye-olde-hurricane-analysis.html
Ye olde hurricane analysis
The above is an excerpt from the entry on hurricanes in A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, published in 1763 by the delightfully named "A Society of Gentlemen". The entry contains information on how natives of the Caribbean were said to be able to predict hurricanes — portents that center around the [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/dL8OulDQvBU/ye-olde-hurricane-analysis.html
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