| Since the dawn of time, weather has had
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| | all of which are fixed, and a rotating
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| an impact on humans and how they live,
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| | ornament on top. To accurately indicate
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| what they do and when. Today, there is an
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| | wind direction, the ornament must have
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| unbelievable array of land-based and
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| | unequal area and unequal mass on either
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| satellite-based equipment to help
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| | side of centre. This oddity allows for
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| monitor, track and predict the weather,
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| | lovely freeform ornaments, or more
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| but one primitive tool still used widely
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| | traditional arrows, scrolls, banners, or
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| is the weather vane.Weather vanes are
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| | silhouetted roosters, airplanes and other
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| common fixtures on the tops of buildings
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| | common shapes. Another popular ornament
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| large and small. The earliest known
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| | style is the swell-bodied kind:
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| weather vane was constructed atop Athens'
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| | three-dimensional forms a few inches
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| Tower of the Winds by an astronomer in 48
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| | thick, often made of hammered sheet
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| B.C., but you've probably seen them
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| | copper. Similarly, full-bodied ornaments
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| topping everything from a historical
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| | are also three-dimensional, but are more
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| government building to your neighbour's
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| | realistic in their proportions that
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| barn. For official purposes, wind is
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| | swell-bodied ornaments. Rooster ornaments
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| usually measured at a height of 10 metres
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| | are particularly popular atop church
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| or 33 feet, making such edifices the
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| | steeples thanks to a reported ninth
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| perfect location to install a weather
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| | century papal decree calling for a cock
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| vane.Now often relegated to uses no more
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| | to be installed on every European church
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| pressing than decoration or folk art,
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| | steeple or dome as a reminder of a
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| weather vanes were once key indicators of
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| | prophecy made my Jesus and recorded in
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| wind direction, which affected decisions
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| | Luke 22:34, that the morning cock would
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| from farming to flying. Sophisticated,
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| | not crow the morning after the Last
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| modern weather vanes use wind data
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| | Supper until Peter had denounced Him
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| loggers (or computers) to create a
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| | three times.Medieval towers in Europe
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| history of wind direction. Direction,
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| | often flew fabric pennants so that
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| which is reported in terms of which
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| | archers would be able to see wind
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| direction the wind is coming from, not
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| | direction. The cloth pennants were later
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| going to, is a key indicator for surface
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| | replaced by metal flags, the precursor of
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| weather analysis and prediction, and
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| | today's modern weather vanes.Over the
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| therefore, very useful
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| | past few years Ihave noticed an interest
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| information.Sometimes called 'wind
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| | in weather vanes so the thought passed my
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| vanes', traditional weather vanes are
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| | mind as to where they came from and when
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| generally comprised of several parts,
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| | they were first used so I decided to a
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| including a rod, a large lower globe,
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| | little research and write an article
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| directionals, and a smaller upper globe,
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| | about them.
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