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ON Monday, September 24, I saw at Chertsey, in Surrey, a remarkable rainbow. Beyond the blue of the inner bow the colours repeated themselves three times, so that there appeared four contiguous spectra; the three extraordinary ones being narrower and less bright than the ordinary. The outer bow appeared as usual. I am not aware that this phenomenon has been noticed before, and being quite unable to account for its appearance would be greatly obliged to any one who would enlighten me.
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C., L. A Remarkable Rainbow. Nature 28, 541 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/028541c0
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