 | David Brewster, Alexander Dallas Bache - 1833 - 674 Seiten
...side of the hill. The image of it was so strong that the hill itself was not seen through the image. rising sun shines from that point whence its incident...forms an angle of about 45° on the sea of Reggio, sees upon the water numberless series of pilasters, arches, castles well delineated, regular columns,... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1834 - 1028 Seiten
...curious spectacle three times in 1703, gives the. following account of it: — 'When,' saysMinasi, ' the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about forty-five degrees on the sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1834 - 370 Seiten
...* These have been particularly described by Minasi. \ of the rising sun fall at a particular angle on the sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is unruffled, an individual standing on an eminence of the city, with his back to the sun, and his face... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 630 Seiten
...a believer in fatalism. FATA MORGANA ; a singular aerial phenomenon seen in the straits of Messina. When the rising sun shines from that point whence...in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or current, when the tide is at its height, and the waters are pressed up by currents to a great elevation... | |
 | David Brewster - 1841 - 432 Seiten
...eminence in the city of Reggio with his back to the sun and his face to the sea, and when the Fig. 132. rising sun shines from that point whence its incident...forms an angle of about 45° on the sea of Reggio, sees upon the water numberless series of pilasters, arches, castles well delineated, regular columns,... | |
 | 1842 - 820 Seiten
...more scientific explanation was attempted in 1773 by Atonio Minasi, a Dominican friar, who says : " When the rising sun shines from that point whence...incident ray forms an angle of about 45° on the sea of lleggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or current,... | |
 | 1844 - 636 Seiten
...a believer in fatalism. FATA MOROANA ; a singular aerial phenomenon seen in the straits of Messina. When the rising sun shines from that point whence...in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or current, when the tide is at its height, and the waters are pressed up by currents to a great elevation... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1843 - 914 Seiten
...there every external appearance of humiliation and dejection. In order to complete their appears : " When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an abstinence, at night they were allowed to angle of about 45° on the sea of Reggio, eat nothing but... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 Seiten
...occasionally been seen on our own coasts. But we will describe it as it there appears: —When the ri sing sun shines from that point whence its incident ray...in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or current,— when the tide is at its height, and the waters are pressed up by currents to a great elevation... | |
 | David Brewster - 1844 - 464 Seiten
...eminence in the city of Reggio. with hici back to the sun and his face to the sea, and when lha Fig. 132. rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 45° on the sea of Beggio, sees upon the water numberless series of pilasters, arches, castles well delineated, regular... | |
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When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 45°, on the sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or... 
