Elements of natural philosophy (Volume 2-3) (1850)
Bartlett, W. H. C. (William Holms Chambers), 1804-1893 · New York : Barnes · leaf 190
air, and oftentimes inverted, are Those due toexplained by ordinary refraction and total reflexion. or1,nary -»- * * refraction and The phenomena of mirage most frequently occur when total reflexion,there intervenes between the suspended object and spec-tator a large expanse of water or wet… … -M Illustration; It is well known that in the ordinary state of the at- Apparentmosphere, its density decreases as we ascend; a ray 0f cfccto[thc 1 d atmosphere on light, therefore, entering the atmosphere at S, would uh- the positions ofdergo a series of refractions, and reach the eye at .#, with…
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