The conquest of the air; the romance of aerial navigation (1902)
Alexander, John · New York, A. Wessels company · leaf 115
CONQUEST OF THE AIR. From which it would appear that when we haverain it is not merely from the clouds immediatelyabove us condensing, but because a series of cloudsstill higher is also doing so. Nearly every scientist who has practised ballooninghas remarked that the earth as seen from aloft… … DIAGRAM SHOWING HOW THE EARTH IS SEEN FROM A BALLOON. Owing to the power of refraction exercised by the atmosphere,the eyesight, instead of travelling direct to the objects as shownby the dotted lines, sees these raised higher, as shown by theplain lines, but still accurately as to distance. Hence…
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