Storm glass
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storm-glass-305-2312804
title:
Storm glass
text:
The storm glass or chemical weather glass was an instrument claimed to help predict weather. It consists of a special liquid placed inside a sealed transparent glass. The state of crystallization within the liquid was believed to be related to the weather. The inventor is unknown but the device became popular in the 1860s after being promoted by Royal Navy Admiral Robert FitzRoy who claimed that The compositions of the liquid in a storm glass varies but usually contains "camphor, nitrate of pota
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description:
Proposed meteorological instrument
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_glass
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2024-02-09T10:17:54Z
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