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  • 15 - Something concerning the influence of the Moon on the weather (1794)

  • Immanuel Kant
  • Edited by Eric Watkins, University of California, San Diego
  • Book:
    Kant: Natural Science
    Published online:
    05 November 2012
    Print publication:
    04 October 2012, pp 426-433

  • Summary

    The topic of this Kant's essay is whether the Moon has any influence on the Earth's weather. The attraction of the Moon, i.e., the only motive force by which it can have an influence on the atmosphere and possibly also on weather conditions, has a direct effect on the air in accordance with laws of statics, that is, insofar as it is a ponderable fluid. It is a question of deciding a priori whether or not the Moon has any influence on the weather, then the light that it casts on the Earth can be ignored, and so there remains only its attractive force. But the Moon['s attraction] is far too weak to effect any discernible change in the level of the barometer by this means, and, insofar as weather conditions are directly dependent on the cause of change. Therefore, it ought not to have any influence on the weather.