Cascades and fountains whose waters are, in their fall, divided into drops, exhibit rain-bows to a spectator, if properly situated during the time of the sun's shining ; and water blown violently from the mouth of an observer whose back is turned towards... Crossley's Comprehensive class book - Página 121por John Thomas Crossley - 1845 - 324 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Nicholson - 1787 - 446 páginas
...appearance is alfo feen by moonlight, though feldom vivid enough to render the colours diftinguifhable ; and the artificial rainbow may be produced even by candle-light on the water which is ejected by a fmall fountain or jet d'eau. All thefe arc of the fame nature, and dependant... | |
| Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 538 páginas
...you visited last year, on your way to the Glaciers of Griendelwald. Even water blown violently out of the mouth of an observer, whose back is turned towards...phenomenon. This appearance is also seen by moonlight. The opposers of Newton's discoveries on light and colours, have strangely affirmed, that he taught... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - 1807 - 212 páginas
...drops of falling rain. . 247. Cascades and fountains frequently exh'bil the appearance of rainbows, and water blown violently from the mouth of an observer, whose back is turned to the sun will produce the same phenomenon. OF THE EYE AND VISION. 218. The eye is of a globular form,... | |
| Friedrich Christian Accum - 1808 - 428 páginas
...Cascades and fountains whose waters are, in their fall, divided into drops, exhibit rain-bows to a spectator, if properly situated during the time of...rainbow may be produced even by candle-light, on the water which is ejected by a small fountain or jet feau : all these are of the same nature as the analysis... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 páginas
...dew. Cascades and fountains, whose waters are in their fall divided into drops, exhibit rainbows to a spectator, if properly situated during the time of...an observer, whose back is turned towards the sun, will, with care, produce the same phenomenon. See KAINBOW. lliis appearance is also seen by moonlight,... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 684 páginas
...dew. Cascades and fountains, whose waters are in their fall divided into drops, exhibit rainbows to a spectator, if properly situated during the time of...sun's shining; and water blown violently from the month of an observer, whose back is turned towards the sun,,willk with care, prpduce the same phenomenon.... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - 1811 - 196 páginas
...sun shines on a thick dew. 245. Cascades and fountains frequently exhibit the appearance of rainbows, and water blown violently from the mouth of an observer, whose back is turned to the sun, will produce th: same phenomenon. OF THE EYE AND VISION. 246. The eye is of a globular... | |
| Charles Hutton - 1815 - 686 páginas
...Cascades and fountains too, whose waters are in their fall divided into drops, exhibit rainbows to a spectator, if properly situated during the time of the sun's shining; and even water blown violently out of the mouth of an observer, standing with his back to the sun, never... | |
| William Nicholson - 1821 - 402 páginas
...dew. Cascades and fountains, whose waters are in their fall divided into drops, exhibit rainbows to a spectator, if properly situated, during the time of...an observer, whose back is turned towards the sun, will, with care, produce the same phenomenon. See RAISIIOW. This appearance is also seen by moonlight,... | |
| Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - 1820 - 538 páginas
..." Cascades and fountains, whose waters are in their fall divided into drops, exhibit rainbows to a spectator, if properly situated during the time of the sun's shining ; and wa. ier blown violently from the mouth of an observer, whose back is turned to the sun, never fails... | |
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