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®ath jii llutlandshlrCj in N’orthamptonshiie, 
“is 
^all* ''Sf 
LUNAR RAINBOW 
C pheoooienon was witnessed at Glapwel! 
\ ^ the 25 tli of December, I7 10, 
V'^MisV" evening, with a remarkable and very 
Vl''''ent,f colours. The moon had passed her full 
in the evening, v-ith a remarkable and very 
>ial, 
““t tl.''''enW •> /pe muon naa passed her lull 
l“ati clnnA*™’’ and the evening had been rairv: 
I'llv ‘nuds WBro i .u. ’ 
% • ^Ur '-pi- •. 1 . , iiicu ftuuiie 
Pv had all the colours of the 
k ^XCf^Arl I tTr%a«r ... i. t i ^.1 T 1 * .• . I . 
'i'ison^*‘^®^'^'"S^>' beautiful and distinct, only faint Tr 
. '^n WifU .1 . ...L- I, . ' , 
fist 'UU V,,',, "‘TV 1,111^ mini, in 
v''“'=essnf 1’ , which are seen in the day; as 
by ! y hAv*e been the case, both from the different 
'^‘hm " V **■ occasioned, and the dispo.sition of 
■’ " of ■ What most surprised the obsen'er was the 
ne arc, which was not so much less than that 
fiN, 
C.^“spectf ^ ‘Afferent dimensions of their bodies, and 
i tlistances from theparth. . 
enti'J® distances from the earth, seemed to require ; 
‘^“ig spectacle colours furnished a 
CONCENTRIC RAINBOWS. 
StvCoS'i?‘"®0' phenomenon, which 
is seen at sun-rise 
Soutii America, was 
iT’tL'^Hessgj'""'’ or the Andes, in Soutii America, was 
Pa n bis companions in the wild 
■.inf“y'brea) *■’ bins described by him 
I, ^.^iiseoj^^^ybe whole of the mountain was enveloped 
'' Hi *1 clo,, j . me mountain was enveloped 
'' ^ ri''^ 'beiu'^’^’ which at sun-rise were dissipatqd. leaving 
'' ’liai’^'^'incf.^.i'^^Pcurs of so extreme a tenuity’' as not to 
' btil"'bere '^{^^ble to the sight. At the side opposite to 
- • - - He sun rose on the mountain, and at tiie dis- 
', k Ij.'ji'igj tIjgH ■'^i-xty yards from the spot vvliere we weixt 
'.“in 
‘V" of each of us was seen repre.sented, 
'I Jf (, three concentric rainbows, llie last, or 
' * folk, 't°^OHrs of one of which touched the first 
tlig'^"^® °“c*, being centered on the head. 
'' 'trg'H -,V 3 '"'hole of tliem, and at an inconsiderable 
.“br,.,.. “ ®een a fourtii arc purely white. They 
V" Per 
. ,. iuuiu .1 riiu |JUlCiy .VtllLC. Alley 
®ii'e yv’toicular to the horizon ; and in proportion, 
tis moved Ifom one side to llie other, lie 
