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V. An Account of a very extraordinary Effect of Refraction, observed at Ramsgate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

S. Vince
S. Vince
Affiliation:
Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge.
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Extract

The phenomenon about to be described, was seen on August 6. 1806, about seven in the evening; the air being very still, and a little hazy. The tops of the four turrets of Dover Castle usually appear above the hill, lying between Ramsgate and Dover; but, at the above-stated time, not only the tops were visible, but the whole of the Castle, appearing as if it were situated on the side of the hill next to Ramsgate, and rising as much above the hill as usual.

Type
Research Article
Information
Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 6 , 1812 , pp. 245 - 247
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1812

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