II. A Description of some Remarkable Effects of Unequal Refraction, observed at Bridlington Quay, in the Summer of 1826
In the session of 1820–21, I had the honour of communicating to the Royal Society, a description of some remarkable atmospheric refractions observed in the Greenland Sea. Since that period, additional opportunities for observation, under circumstances peculiarly favourable, afforded a great number o...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0080456800021815 2024-03-03T08:45:02+00:00 II. A Description of some Remarkable Effects of Unequal Refraction, observed at Bridlington Quay, in the Summer of 1826 Scoresby, W. 1828 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800021815 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0080456800021815 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh volume 11, issue 1, page 8-14 ISSN 0080-4568 2053-5945 General Earth and Planetary Sciences General Environmental Science journal-article 1828 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800021815 2024-02-08T08:39:02Z In the session of 1820–21, I had the honour of communicating to the Royal Society, a description of some remarkable atmospheric refractions observed in the Greenland Sea. Since that period, additional opportunities for observation, under circumstances peculiarly favourable, afforded a great number of other examples of a similar kind, along with some still more singular. Among these, the most extraordinary was the inverted image of a ship, which appeared in the lower part of the atmosphere, so distinctly and beautifully defined, that I could venture to pronounce it to be the representation of my father's ship, as, indeed, it proved to be, though we were then distant from each other about 28 miles, and some leagues beyond the limit of direct vision. But an account of the principal of these extraordinary appearances is already before the puplic, and I merely allude to them, in consequence of their similarity to the refractions I have now to describe, that occurred upon our own coasts. These phenomena occurred during the last summer about Bridlington Bay, and were seen from my residence at Bridlington Quay. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Greenland Sea Cambridge University Press Greenland Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 11 1 8 14 |
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In the session of 1820–21, I had the honour of communicating to the Royal Society, a description of some remarkable atmospheric refractions observed in the Greenland Sea. Since that period, additional opportunities for observation, under circumstances peculiarly favourable, afforded a great number of other examples of a similar kind, along with some still more singular. Among these, the most extraordinary was the inverted image of a ship, which appeared in the lower part of the atmosphere, so distinctly and beautifully defined, that I could venture to pronounce it to be the representation of my father's ship, as, indeed, it proved to be, though we were then distant from each other about 28 miles, and some leagues beyond the limit of direct vision. But an account of the principal of these extraordinary appearances is already before the puplic, and I merely allude to them, in consequence of their similarity to the refractions I have now to describe, that occurred upon our own coasts. These phenomena occurred during the last summer about Bridlington Bay, and were seen from my residence at Bridlington Quay. |
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II. A Description of some Remarkable Effects of Unequal Refraction, observed at Bridlington Quay, in the Summer of 1826 |
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II. A Description of some Remarkable Effects of Unequal Refraction, observed at Bridlington Quay, in the Summer of 1826 |
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