| George Adams - 1794 - 604 pages
...formed by the reflection of the rays of the fun's light, from the drops of falling rain, it frequently appears among the waves of the fea, whofe heads or tops are blown by the wind into fmall drops ; it is alfo fometimes to be feen on the ground, when the fun fhines on a very thick dew. Cafcades... | |
| Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 538 pages
...colours of light, which seems the most remarkable, is that of the rainbow. It is formed in general by the reflection of the rays of the sun's light, from the drops of falling rain, whose surfaces, as we have already seen, are convex (for if a small hole be made in a plate of metal,... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - 1807 - 212 pages
...when the sun shines on a thick dew. • 245. The rainbow is formed by the reflection and refraction of the rays of the sun's light from the drops of falling rain. . 247. Cascades and fountains frequently exh'bil the appearance of rainbows, and water blown violently... | |
| Friedrich Christian Accum - 1808 - 428 pages
...colours of light which seems most remarkable is that of the rainbow. It is formed in general by the reflection of the rays of the sun's light, from the...drops of falling rain ; though frequently it appears amongst the waves of the sea, whose heads or tops are blown by the wind into small drops ; and it is... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 684 pages
...colours of light which seems most remarkable, is that of the .RAIN BOW. It is* formed, in general, by the reflection of the rays of the sun's light from the...though frequently it appears among the waves of the sea, whose heads, or tops, are blown by the wind into small drops, and it is sometimes seen on the... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - 1811 - 196 pages
...colours of light is that of the rainbow. 243. The rainbow is formed by the reflection and refraction of the rays of the sun's light from the drops of falling rain. • 244. The colours of the rainbow are frequently visible among the waves of the sea> the tops of... | |
| Visit - 1819 - 252 pages
...fall upon a prism in an oblique direction. "The Rainbow is formed by the reflection and refraction of the rays of the sun's light from the drops of falling rain. The colours of the rainbow are frequently visible among the waves of the sea, the tops of which are... | |
| Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - 1820 - 538 pages
...colours, none is more remarkable, than that of the Iris, or rainbow. It is formed, in general, by the reflection of the rays of the sun's light from the...though frequently it appears among the waves of the sea, whose heads, or tops, are blown by the wind into spray and small drops, and it is sometimes seen... | |
| William Nicholson - 1821 - 406 pages
...colours of light, which seems most remarkable, is that of the RAINBOW. It is formed, in general, by the reflection of the rays of the sun's light from the...though frequently it appears among the waves of the sea, whose heads, or tops, are blown by the wind into small drops, and it is sometimes seen on the... | |
| Luke Herbert - 1825 - 396 pages
...the primary colours of light which Seems most remarkable is that of the rainbow. It is formed by the reflection of the rays of the sun's light from the...though frequently it appears among the waves of the sea, whose heads or tops are blown by the wind into small drops, and it is Sometimes seen on the ground... | |
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