Inside and outside of the Bullis Room, there's talk going on about our mild winter. (We can imagine Charlie Bullis wondering if his poppies and day lillies will bloom early this year.)
In recent years when the topic of global warming and climate change became a topic of general discussion, some of us were not aware that there is a book in the Bullis Room that addresses that exact subject...and it was written 126 years ago.
The next time you stop by, ask to see the collection's copy of Discussions on Climate and Cosmology, written in 1886 by James Croll. He developed a theory that there is a relationship between climate change and the earth's orbit. Then, as now, the idea of climate change in general had its share of supporters and naysayers. However, Croll's book holds some intriguing information that deserves a second look.
(And by the way - Happy First Day of Astronomical Spring.)
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