Meteorology: The Weather Map and the "Rain-Makers"; The Factors Necessary to Produce Rain, Man's Attempt to Rival Them, and a Few General Remarks on ... Facts From the Weather Map (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from Meteorology: The Weather Map and the "Rain-Makers"; The Factors Necessary to Produce Rain, Man's Attempt to Rival Them, and a Few General Remarks on Our Weather System, Based on Facts From the Weather Map

What is termed man's power over the forces of nature has lead many to think and to claim that rain can be produced by man at will. Strictly speaking, man has no power over the forces of nature. Sure he can take many a hint from the physical world, and, patterning after nature, as in the mechanical and chemical departments, produce many wonderful results. But, after all, he merely imitates, and very crudely at that, some of the minor forces in nature. He never yet has attained, or even approximated, the power of creation. Creation is a mystery to us, ever has been, and, we believe, ever will be. There are two classes of men who do not attempt this; one through too much ignorance to know anything about the forces of nature, and who, therefore, have no thought or desire to compete with so all-mysterious an'd powerful an element, and the other, who have too much wisdom and good sense to attempt it. The latter class do, however, master all the details that it is possible for man to master, and turn the same to account for the best interests of mankind.

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