A system of natural philosophy, designed for the use of schools and academies (1845)
Moffat, J[ohn] M. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, E. C. Biddle · leaf 368
arth, encountersa medium less rare than the more ethereal space beyond it, and asthe lower portion of the atmosphere is relatively the densest, rayspassing through the air from objects far above us must be con-siderably refracted. From this cause the sun and other celestialbodies are never seen in… … What relation have the refracting powers to the other physical proper-ties of bodies ? What effect on refracting- power has the increase of density ? What atmospheric phenomena depend on this refractive influence? Explain by diagram the effect of refraction on the apparent place of theheavenly…
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