 | Tiberius Cavallo - 1803 - 638 Seiten
...ouQy difperfed by the action of the wind or " waves, or rarefied by the fun, it then happens " chat in this vapour, as in a curtain extended along " the channel to the height of about 30 palms, and " nearly down to the fea, the obferver will behold " the fcene of• the fame objects... | |
 | Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - 1820 - 538 Seiten
...impregnated with vapour, and dense exhalations, not previously dispersed by the action of the wind and waves, or rarefied by the sun, it then happens, that...curtain extended along the channel to the height of above forty palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 Seiten
...dispersed by the action of the wind or waves, or rarefied by the sun, it then happens that in this vapor, old castle built on a rock, containing several Roman and Moorish four or five and twenty fc«t, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 650 Seiten
...by the action of the wind and waves, or rarified by the sun, it then happens, that, in this vapor; as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of above forty palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will beFATA MORGANA— FAUCHE-BOREL. pear... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1831 - 646 Seiten
...by the action of the wind and waves, or rarificd by the sun, it then happens, that, in this vapor, as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of above forty palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1834 - 394 Seiten
...the sea. But, if the atmosphere be highly impregnated with vapour and dense exhalations at the time, it then happens that in this vapour, as in a curtain...extended along the channel to the height of about twentyfour or twenty-five feet, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1834 - 1028 Seiten
...dispersed by the action of the wind or waves, or rarefied by the sun, it then happens that in tliivapor, as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of about four or five and twenty feet, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the... | |
 | Royal Irish Academy - 1837 - 644 Seiten
...impregnated with these vapours and dense exhalations not previously dispersed by the action of the winds or waves, or rarefied by the sun, it then happens...vapour, as in a curtain extended along the channel for some height above the sea, the extraordinary phenomenon called the Fata Morgana may be observed.... | |
 | Royal Irish Academy - 1837 - 642 Seiten
...impregnated with these vapours and dense exhalations not previously dispersed by the action of the winds or waves, or rarefied by the sun, it then happens...vapour, as in a curtain extended along the channel for some height above the sea, the extraordinary phenomenon called the Fata Morgana may be observed.... | |
 | 1844 - 636 Seiten
...by the action of the wind and waves, or rarified by the sun, it then happens, that, in this vapor, as in a curtain extended along the channel to the height of above forty palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects... | |
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... palms, and nearly down to the sea, the observer will behold the scene of the same objects not only reflected from the surface of the sea, but likewise in the air, though not so distinct or well defined as the former objects from the sea. 
