 French coast, which is about 40 or 50 miles distant, as distinctly as through the best glasses. The sailors and fishermen could not at first be persuaded of the reality of the appearance ; but as the cliffs gradually appeared more elevated, they were...  A Treatise on Optics - Page 221by David Brewster - 1841 - 418 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1871 - 614 pages
...on July 26, 1798, a Hastings at 5 PM, 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 anc named to Mr. Latham the different places they had been accustomed to visit : such as the bay, the... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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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