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appears in the mist. Such a one appeared on 1 Itb November, 
1811, near Newington, in Middlesex.* 
Rabdi niVERGENTES. RodU SoUs radiantes oh quandam spe~ 
- cialis generis inlerposilam nuhcm. 
The remarkable appearance of the sun’s rays, in a cloud be- 
fore rain, has been alluded to by Aristotle,f Virgil, J and others. 
Rabdus PYRAMiDALis. Porlio pyramidalis lucis in nule visa, 
quasi ex Sole procedens, cujus vertex diametro Solis horizontali 
perpendicularis est. 
Not uncommon in haze of a peculiar kind, (perhaps cirros- 
tratus.) Sometimes, small portions of the rainbow appear. I 
observed this between seven and eight o’clock, 21st August, 
1811, in Sussex, near Wadhurst. 
(Discussions upon these hereafter.) 
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• Annals of Philosoph. by Dr. Thompson, p. 80. 
t Aristotle Meteor, lib. iii. c. 2. 
f Virgil Georg. lib. i. 1. 4^.S. 
Diverging 
beams. 
Pyramidal 
beams. 
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