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Iridescent Clouds

Nature volume 31, pages 315–316 (1885)Cite this article

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ON pp. 148 and 149 of the current volume of NATURE there are two letters describing “iridescent clouds,” and the idea is conveyed that this phenomenon is only of late occurrence. That this is hardly justifiable, the following account from a diary will show: —

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  1. University of Virginia, Virginia, U.S.A.

    W. G. BROWN

  2. 15, Royal Terrace, Edinburgh

    C. PIAZZI SMYTH

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BROWN, W., SMYTH, C. Iridescent Clouds. Nature 31, 315–316 (1885). https://doi.org/10.1038/031315a0

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