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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... "
The Elements of Natural Or Experimental Philosophy - Page 287
by Tiberius Cavallo - 1803
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser, Volume 29

1799 - 614 pages
...published at Rome in 1773. This author describes the appearance as follows : " When 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...
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Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ..., Volume 4

Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...author. His first chapter contains a description of the phenomenon. •' When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about forty-fire degrees on the sea of Reggio, •nd the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed...
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An Essay on Capacity and Genius: To Prove that There is No Original Mental ...

William Andrew Mitchell - Genius - 1820 - 562 pages
...finest theatrical exhibition ever made, may be amusing to my readers : " When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 45 degrees on the sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either by the winder...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ...

Edward Polehampton - Natural history - 1821 - 592 pages
...this author. Hit first chapter contains a description of the phenomenon. " When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about forty -five degrees on the sea of Rcggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed...
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The Boston Journal of Philosophy and the Arts, Volume 3

Science - 1826 - 628 pages
...fable."* A very full and philosophical account is given of it by Miriasi. "When 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...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 9

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 822 pages
...times in 1793, gives the following account of it : — ' When,' says Minasi, ' the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about forty-five degrees on the sea of Reargio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed...
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A Treatise on Optics

David Brewster - Light - 1831 - 412 pages
...the city of Reggio, with his back to the sun and his face to the sea, and when the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 45° on the sea of Reggio, sees upon the water numberless series of pilasters, arches, castles well delineated,...
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Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 5

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 650 pages
...FATA MORGANA ; a singular aerial phenomenon seen in the straits of Messina. 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...
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The Ladies' museum. New and improved ser., vol.1-3

1831 - 786 pages
...the city of Reggie, with bis back to the sun and his face to the sea, and when the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 45° on the sea of Reggio, sees upon the water numberless series of pilasters, arches, castles well delineated,...
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The Imperial magazine; or, Compendium of religious, moral, & philosophical ...

1831 - 616 pages
...citv of Rt yv-'io, with bis back to the »on, and hi* face to the sea, and when the rwin« sun shine» from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 4JU on the sea of Itctruio, sees upon the water numberl«:** series of pilaeters, arches, castles,...
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