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IN a letter to the Times of January 12, Prof. Tyndall calls attention to a white mist bow, which he has seen on one or two occasions, and mentions its rarity of occurrence. It may therefore be of interest to record that I witnessed a similar phenomenon on January 9 last. My point of view was an elevated band-stand at the head of Weymouth Pier; the time 11 a.m. The air, as on the occasions mentioned by Prof. Tyndall, “swarmed with minute aqueous particles,” i.e. was foggy, and on looking away from the sun, which was shining weakly, I saw a well-defined white bow cast upon the mist. The bow appeared to be about 60 feet distant. My point of view being high, a full semicircle was visible. It was, as may be imagined, a beautiful and graceful object.
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BONUS, A. The Mist-Bow. Nature 37, 273 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/037273a0
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