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A Rainbow Peculiarity

Nature volume 109, page 309 (1922)Cite this article

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EVERY one has observed a brilliantly coloured rainbow and also the secondary bow situated some distance on the outside of the primary. Is it a fact of general observation that the whole area of the inside of the primary bow is brighter than the region outside?

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  1. Norman Lockyer Observatory, Salcombe Hill, Sidmouth, S. Devon

    WILLIAM J. S. LOCKYER

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LOCKYER, W. A Rainbow Peculiarity. Nature 109, 309 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109309a0

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