XVII. On the vibrations of an atmosphere
XVII. On the vibrations of an atmosphere
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十七.
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10.1080/14786449008619921
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1890
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R. Sec.
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R. Sec.
If the diffracting particles had been very thin circular disks floating with their planes horizontal, the ring wotrld only have been circular when the sun was in the zenith. When the sun was at an altitude of 30, the vertical angular diameter of the ring would have been about twice as great as the horizontal./~ othing like this was observed, so we must suppose the particles to have been either nearly spherical or else lying with their planes in all positions at random. A small dilatation of the ring was observed about sunset, especially of the vertical radius, amounting to 3 and 6 at zenith distances of the sun 85 and 90; but it is difficult to conceive any shape or orientation of the particles which would explain this.As the sun gets low the higher regions of the air become relatively brighter, so that if these contain smaller particles the radius of the ring will increase. On the other hand, as the red rays become relatively more powerful, the red ring will become brighter and broaden out towards the sun. This seems to agree with what was observed. Hotel Buol, Davos,