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" ... they could not, at first, be persuaded of the reality of the appearance ; but soon became so thoroughly convinced, by the cliffs gradually appearing more elevated, and approaching nearer, as it were, that they pointed out, and named to... "
A Treatise on Optics - Page 151
by David Brewster, Alexander Dallas Bache - 1833 - 95 pages
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The Aerial World: A Popular Account of the Phenomena and Life of the Atmosphere

Georg Hartwig - 1875 - 610 pages
...26, 1798, at Hastings, at 5 PM, when Mr. Latham saw the French coast, which is about forty or fifty miles distant, as distinctly as through the best glasses....elevated, they were so convinced that they pointed out to Mr. Latham the different places they had been accustomed to visit, such as the bay, the windmill...
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Notes and Queries

1871 - 614 pages
...Hastings at 5 г.м., Mr. Latham saw the French coast, which is about forty or fifty miles distant, »s distinctly as through the best glasses. The sailors...persuaded of the reality of the appearance; but as the clifl's gradually appeared more elevated, they were so convinced, that they pointed out and named to...
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