 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1821 - 366 pages
...spectrum, is formed by the refraction of the sun's rays in their passage through a shower of rain, every drop of which acts as a prism, in separating the colored rays as they pass through it. Emily. Pray, Mrs. B., cannot the sun's rays be collected to a focus by a lens in the same manner as... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1821 - 350 pages
...you. The rainbow, which exhibits a series of colours so analogous to those of the spectrum, is formed by the refraction of the sun's rays in their passage through a shower of rain, every drop of which acts as a prism, in separating the coloured rays as they pass through it. Emily.... | |
 | 1832 - 650 pages
...the rainbow, ' which exhibits a series of colours so analogous to those of the spectrum, is formed by the refraction of the sun's rays in their passage through a shower of rain, every drop of which acts as a prism, in separating the coloured rays as they pass through it. The sun's... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1835 - 398 pages
...Thus the rainbow, which exhibits a series of colours so analogous to those of the spectrum, is formed by the refraction of the sun's rays in their passage through a shower of rain, every drop of which acts as a prism, in separating the coloured rays as they pass through it. A body... | |
 | 1836 - 424 pages
...Thus the rainbow, which exhibits a series of colours so analogous to those of the spectrum, is formed by the refraction of the sun's rays in their passage through a shower of rain, every drop of which acts as a prism, in separating the coloured rays as they pass through it. A body... | |
 | Jane Marcet - 1839 - 544 pages
...you. The rainbow, which exhibits a series of colours, so analogous to those of the spectrum, is formed by the refraction of the sun's rays in their passage through a shower of rain, every drop of which disperses coloured rays as they pass through it. EMILY. But how can drops of rain... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1844 - 276 pages
...revolve rapidly around a pin or wire at the centre. The board will then appear of a white color. Ftom this, it is inferred, that the whiteness of the sun's...is never seen except when rain is falling, and the sunshining at the same time ; and that the sun and the bow are always in opposite parts of the heavens... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 418 pages
...refracted by the prism, or such compound colors as arise from a mixture of two or more of them.* 245. The rainbow is produced by the refraction of the sun's...separating the colored rays, as they pass through it. This is proved by the following considerations. First, A rainbow is never seen except when rain is... | |
 | George Grant - 1849 - 328 pages
...Thus the rainbow, which exhibits a series of colours so analogous to those of the spectrum, is formed by the refraction of the sun's rays in their passage through a shower of rain ; every drop of which acts as a prism, in separating the coloured rays as they pass through it. The... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1850 - 408 pages
...refracted by the prism, or such compound colors as arise from a mixture of two or more of them.* 245. The rainbow is produced by the refraction of the sun's...separating the colored rays, as they pass through it. This is proved by the following considerations. First, A rainbow is never seen except when rain is... | |
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This is proved by the following considerations. First, A rainbow is never seen except when rain is falling, and the sun shining at the same time ; and that the sun and the bow are always in opposite parts of the heavens ; and, secondly, that the same... 
