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Rainbow due to Sunlight reflected from the Sea

Nature volume 41, page 271 (1890)Cite this article

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ON September 18, 1889, I saw a rainbow, caused, not by the direct rays of the sun, but by their reflection from the sea.

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SCOULLER, W. Rainbow due to Sunlight reflected from the Sea. Nature 41, 271 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/041271c0

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