| 1799 - 614 páginas
...published at Rome in 1773. This author describes the appearance as follows : " When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about forty-five degrees on the sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or... | |
| Tiberius Cavallo - 1803 - 638 páginas
...the extremity of the kingdom of Naples, and facing the ifland of Sicily. " When the rifing fun Jhines from that point, " whence its incident ray forms an angle of about " 45 degrees on the fea of Reggio, and the bright " furface of the water in the bay is not difturbed... | |
| Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 páginas
...author. His first chapter contains a description of the phenomenon. •' When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about forty-fire degrees on the sea of Reggio, •nd the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed... | |
| William Andrew Mitchell - 1820 - 562 páginas
...finest theatrical exhibition ever made, may be amusing to my readers : " When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 45 degrees on the sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either... | |
| Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 592 páginas
...this author. Hit first chapter contains a description of the phenomenon. " When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about forty -five degrees on the sea of Rcggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed... | |
| 1826 - 628 páginas
...fable."* A very full and philosophical account is given of it by Miriasi. "When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about forty-five degrees on the sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed cither by the wind or... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 páginas
...times in 1793, gives the following account of it : — ' When,' says Minasi, ' the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about forty-five degrees on the sea of Reargio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind... | |
| George Crabb - 1831 - 426 páginas
...FATA MORGANA. A singular aerial phenomenon, seen in the straits of Messina. When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about forty-five degrees on the sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or... | |
| 1831 - 616 páginas
...citv of Rt yv-'io, with bis back to the »on, and hi* face to the sea, and when the rwin« sun shine» from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 4JU on the sea of Itctruio, sees upon the water numberl«:** series of pilaeters, arches, castles,... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 650 páginas
...FATA MORGANA ; a singular aerial phenomenon seen in the straits of Messina. When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 45°, on the sea of Reggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either... | |
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