Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 165
lly when the sky is clear and weather settled.He observes that in the torrid zone they appear almost every night,and often in the space of a few minutes disappear several times.Between the latitude of 15° N. and the equator, he has seensmall halos around the planet Venus. The next figure exhibits… … quite common in the arctic regions, presenting the gorgeous ap-pearance of intersecting luminous arches, studded with oppositeand transverse images of the sun ; the formation of these, isundoubtedly owing to the combined reflections of the rays fromthe natural faces of the snowy crystals floating…
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