 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 864 pagine
...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...is not disturbed either by the wind or the current, the spectator being placed on an eminence of the city, with his back to the sun, and his face to the... | |
 | David Brewster - 1841 - 432 pagine
...with his back to the sun and his face to the sea, and when the Fig. 132. rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 45° on the sea of Reggio, sees upon the water numberless series of pilasters, arches, castles well delineated, regular columns,... | |
 | 1842 - 820 pagine
...attempted in 1773 by Atonio Minasi, a Dominican friar, who says : " When the rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 45° on the sea of lleggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or current,... | |
 | 1844 - 636 pagine
...; 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...in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or current, when the tide is at its height, and the waters are pressed up by currents to a great elevation... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pagine
...our own coasts. But we will describe it as it there appears: —When the ri sing sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about...in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or current,— when the tide is at its height, and the waters are pressed up by currents to a great elevation... | |
 | David Brewster - 1844 - 464 pagine
...with hici back to the sun and his face to the sea, and when lha Fig. 132. rising sun shines from that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about 45° on the sea of Beggio, sees upon the water numberless series of pilasters, arches, castles well delineated, regular... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1845 - 608 pagine
...that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about forty-five degrees to the sea of Riggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or the current, the spectator being placed on an eminence of the city, with his back to the sun and his face to the... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1845 - 644 pagine
...that point whence its incident ray forms an angle of about forty-five degrees to the sea of Riggio, and the bright surface of the water in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or the current, the spectator being placed on an eminence of the city, with his back to the sun and his face to the... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1846 - 886 pagine
...; 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...in the bay is not disturbed either by the wind or current, when the tide is at its height, and the waters are pressed up by currents to a great elevation... | |
 | Natural phenomena - 1846 - 142 pagine
...the rising sun form an angle of 45° on the sea of Reggio, and when the bright surface of the water is not disturbed either by the wind or the current, a spectator placed on any high building in the city, with his back to the sun and his face to the sea, observes upon the... | |
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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 by the wind or the current... 
