| John Murray (Firm) - 1862 - 524 Seiten
...Dominican monk Minasi in the last centv., who had seen it three times in its most perfect state : " Whïn the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 4i J on the sea of Keggio, and th« bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either... | |
| Young people - 1869 - 684 Seiten
...When the rising sun shines from that point whence its ray forms an angle of 45° on the Sea of Keggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is...disturbed either by the wind or the current, the spectator at the same time being placed on an eminence, with his back to the sun and his face to the sea, there... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1873 - 586 Seiten
...Foyle, in Ireland. The best description of this phenomenon is that given by the Dominican monk Miuasi in the last centy., who had seen it three times in...point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 45J on the sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either by... | |
| Popular encyclopedia - 1874 - 530 Seiten
...ГКЕПШПХЛTION. FATA MORGANA, asingular aerial phenomenon seen in the Straits of Messina. When the rising nun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 45J on the Sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water in the buy is not disturbed either by... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1883 - 574 Seiten
...presents in the air, and also on the still surface of the sea, images of real objects on the coast, which are reflected and multiplied with extraordinary precision....the water in the bay is not disturbed either by the wiud or the current, the spectator being placed on an eminence of the city, with his back to the sun... | |
| John Murray (Firm) - 1883 - 564 Seiten
...in the air, and also on the still surface of the sea, images of real objects on the coast, •which are reflected and multiplied with extraordinary precision....point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 45n on the sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either by... | |
| Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 Seiten
...would not have proposed. It is to be accounted for upon optical principles, which Biot thus applies: When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of forty-five degrees on the Sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed... | |
| Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 Seiten
...would not have proposed. It is to be accounted for upon optical principles, which Biot thus applies: When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of forty-five degrees on the Sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1899 - 676 Seiten
...phenomenon sometimes seen in the Straits of Messina between Sicily and the Italian coast. Minasi says : " When the rising sun shines from that point whence...sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water is not disturbed either by wind or current, the spectator being placed on an eminence of the city with... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1899 - 672 Seiten
...phenomenon sometimes seen in the Straits of Messina between Sicily and the Italian coast. Minasi says : " When the rising sun shines from that point whence...sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water is not disturbed either by wind or current, the spectator being placed on an eminence of the city with... | |
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