XXI. Description of some remarkable Atmospheric Reflections and Refractions, observed in the Greenland Sea
During the summer of the present year (1820), while navigating with the ship Baffin, the icy sea in the immediate neighbourhood of West Greenland (the east side), several extremely curious appearances of distant objects, produced by the reflective and refractive properties of the atmosphere, were ob...
Published in: | Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1823
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s008045680003091x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S008045680003091X |
Summary: | During the summer of the present year (1820), while navigating with the ship Baffin, the icy sea in the immediate neighbourhood of West Greenland (the east side), several extremely curious appearances of distant objects, produced by the reflective and refractive properties of the atmosphere, were observed. |
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