 | Malthe Conrad Bruun - 1822 - 696 ページ
...the coasts. This apparent colour of the sea seems to arise entirely from the same causes which imrt a blue shade to distant mountains, and which give...aquatic fluid, which, from its density and depth, makes hem undergo a strong refraction. . The other shades in the colour of sea waters, depend causes which... | |
 | Conrad Malte-Brun - 1829 - 552 ページ
...distant mountains, and which give the atmosphere its azure hue. The rays of blue light, being thfc most refrangible, pass in the greatest quantity through...which, from its density and depth, makes them undergo î strong refraction. The other shades in the colour of sea waters, depend on causes which arc local,... | |
 | 1834 - 578 ページ
...coasts. This colour is thought to arise entirely from the same cause as the azure tint of the sky ; the rays of blue light, being the most refrangible, pass in the greatest quantity through the water, which, on account of its density and depth, makes them undergo a strong refraction. The other... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1835 - 398 ページ
...towards the coasts. This colour is thought to arise entirely from the same cause as the azure of the sky; the rays of blue light, being the most refrangible, pass in the greatest quantity through the water, which, on account of its density and depth, makes them undergo a strong refraction. The other... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 ページ
...towards the coasts. This colour is thought to arise entirely from the same cause as the azure of the sky; the rays of blue light, being the most refrangible, pass in the greatest quantity through the water, which, on account of its density and depth, makes them undergo a strong refraction. The other... | |
 | A. Barrington - 1850 - 448 ページ
...azure hue. The rays of blue light, being most refrangible, pass in greatest quantity through the water, which, from its density and depth, makes them undergo a strong refraction. The other shades in the color of sea waters depend upon causes both local and illusory. Among the mote gsngt^. wsvBtes. of... | |
 | 1854 - 644 ページ
...coasts. This colour is thought to arise entirely from the same cause as the azure tint of the sky ; the rays of blue light, being the most refrangible, pass in the greatest quantity through the water, which, on account of its density and depth, makes them undergo a strong refraction. The other... | |
| |
a blue shade to distant mountains, and which give the atmosphere its azure hue. The rays of blue light, being the most refrangible, pass in the greatest quantity through the aquatic fluid, which, from its density and depth, makes them undergo a strong... 