 | 1799 - 614 pages
...Italian dissertation published at Rome in 1773. This author describes the appearance as follows : " When the rising sun shines from that point whence...bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or the current, the spectator being placed on an eminence of the city, with his... | |
 | 1799 - 618 pages
...Italian dissertation 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 aoout forty-five decrees on (lie sea of,Regj>io, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is... | |
 | Tiberius Cavallo - 1803 - 638 pages
...the extremity of the kingdom of Naples, and facing the ifland of Sicily. " When the rifing fun Jhines from that point, " whence its incident ray forms an angle of about " 45 degrees on the fea of Reggio, and the bright " furface of the water in the bay is not difturbed... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 628 pages
...the present account from this author. His first chapter contains a description of the phenomenon. " When the rising sun shines from that point whence...forty-five degrees on the sea of Reggio, and the bright snrfaec of the water in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or the current, the spectator being... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...present account from thi, 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... | |
 | William Andrew Mitchell - 1820 - 562 pages
...rather see it again than the 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... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 592 pages
...the present account from 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... | |
 | 1828 - 508 pages
...channel,— When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident rays, form an angle of 45° on the sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water is not disturbed either by the wind, or the currents, the spectator being placed on an eminence of... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 pages
...curious spectacle three times in 1793, gives the following account of it : — ' When,' says Minasi, ' the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident...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 either by the wind or the... | |
 | George Crabb - 1831 - 426 pages
...cellular membrane of animals. FATA MORGANA. A singular aerial phenomenon, seen in the straits of Messina. When the rising sun shines from that point whence...bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or current, when the tide is at its height, and the waters pressed up by currents... | |
| |
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... 
