Dissolve the camphor in the alcohol and the salts in the water and mix the solutions together. Pour in test tubes, cover with wax after corking and make a hole through the cork with a red-hot needle, or draw out the tube until only a pin hole remains. When the camphor, etc., appear soft and powdery, and almost filling the tube, rain with south or southwest winds may be expected; when crystalline, north, northeast, or northwest winds, with fine weather, may be expected; when a portion crystallizes on one side of the tube, wind may be expected from that direction. Fine weather: The substance remains entirely at bottom of tube and the liquid perfectly clear. Coming rain: Substance will rise gradually, liquid will be very clear, with a small star in motion. A coming storm or very high wind: Substance partly at top of tube, and of a leaflike form, liquid very heavy and in a fermenting state. These effects are noticeable 24 hours before the change sets in. In winter: Generally the substance lies higher in the tube. Snow or white frost: Substance very white and small stars in motion. Summer weather: The substance will lie quite low. The substance will lie closer to the tube on the opposite side to the quarter from which the storm is coming. The instrument is nothing more than a scientific toy.
WEATHERPROOFING: See Paints.
WEED KILLERS: See Disinfectants.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
International Atomic Weights.
The International Committee on Atomic Weights have presented this table as corrected:
| O=16 | H=1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum | Al | 27.1 | 26.9 |
| Antimony | Sb | 120.2 | 119.3 |
| Argon | A | 39.9 | 39.6 |
| Arsenic | As | 75 | 74.4 |
| Barium | Ba | 137.4 | 136.4 |
| Bismuth | Bi | 208.5 | 206.9 |
| Boron | B | 11 | 10.9 |
| Bromine | Br | 79.96 | 79.36 |
| Cadmium | Cd | 112.4 | 111.6 |
| Cæsium | Cs | 132.9 | 131.9 |
| Calcium | Ca | 40.1 | 39.7 |
| Carbon | C | 12 | 11.91 |
| Cerium | Ce | 140.25 | 139.2 |
| Chlorine | Cl | 35.45 | 35.18 |
| Chromium | Cr | 52.1 | 51.7 |
| Cobalt | Co | 59 | 58.55 |
| Columbium | Cb | 94 | 93.3 |
| Copper | Cu | 63.6 | 63.1 |
| Erbium | Er | 166 | 164.8 |
| Fluorine | F | 19 | 18.9 |
| Gadolinium | Gd | 156 | 154.8 |
| Gallium | Ga | 70 | 69.5 |
| Germanium | Ge | 72.5 | 72 |
| Glucinum | Gl | 9.1 | 9.03 |
| Gold | Au | 197.2 | 195.7 |
| Helium | He | 4 | 4 |
| Hydrogen | H | 1.008 | 1 |
| Indium | In | 115 | 114.1 |
| Iodine | I | 126.97 | 126.01 |
| Iridium | Ir | 193 | 191.5 |
| Iron | Fe | 55.9 | 55.5 |
| Krypton | Kr | 81.8 | 81.2 |
| Lanthanum | La | 138.9 | 137.9 |
| Lead | Pb | 206.9 | 205.35 |
| Lithium | Li | 7.03 | 6.98 |
| Magnesium | Mg | 24.36 | 24.18 |
| Manganese | Mn | 55 | 54.6 |
| Mercury | Hg | 200 | 198.5 |
| Molybdenum | Mo | 96 | 95.3 |
| Neodymium | Nd | 143.6 | 142.5 |
| Neon | Ne | 20 | 19.9 |
| Nickel | Ni | 58.7 | 58.3 |
| Nitrogen | N | 14.04 | 13.93 |
| Osmium | Os | 191 | 189.6 |
| Oxygen | O | 16 | 15.88 |
| Palladium | Pd | 106.5 | 105.7 |
| Phosphorus | P | 31 | 30.77 |
| Platinum | Pt | 194.8 | 193.3 |
| Potassium | K | 39.15 | 38.85 |
| Praseodymium | Pr | 140.5 | 139.4 |
| Radium | Ra | 225 | 223.3 |
| Rhodium | Rh | 103 | 102.2 |
| Rubidium | Rb | 85.5 | 84.9 |
| Ruthenium | Ru | 101.7 | 100.9 |
| Samarium | Sm | 150.3 | 149.2 |
| Scandium | Sc | 44.1 | 43.8 |
| Selenium | Se | 79.2 | 78.6 |
| Silicon | Si | 28.4 | 28.2 |
| Silver | Ag | 107.93 | 107.11 |
| Sodium | Na | 23.05 | 22.88 |
| Strontium | Sr | 87.6 | 86.94 |
| Sulphur | S | 32.06 | 31.82 |
| Tantalum | Ta | 183 | 181.6 |
| Tellurium | Te | 127.6 | 126.6 |
| Terbium | Th | 160 | 158.8 |
| Thallium | Tl | 204.1 | 202.6 |
| Thorium | Th | 232.5 | 230.8 |
| Thulium | Tm | 171 | 169.7 |
| Tin | Sn | 119 | 118.1 |
| Titanium | Ti | 48.1 | 47.7 |
| Tungsten | W | 184 | 182.6 |
| Uranium | U | 238.5 | 236.7 |
| Vanadium | V | 51.2 | 50.8 |
| Xenon | Xe | 128 | 127 |
| Ytterbium | Yb | 173 | 171.7 |
| Yttrium | Yt | 89 | 88.3 |
| Zinc | Zn | 65.4 | 64.9 |
| Zirconium | Zr | 90.6 | 89.9 |
United States Weights And Measures
(According to existing standards)