May 1885
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Nature, Volume 32, Issue 811, pp. 30 (1885).
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ON Saturday night, about six o'clock, I observed, at Old Trafford, on the west side of Manchester, a rainbow with accompanying phenomena, which I had never observed before. Several very heavy showers had occurred during the day. The wind was within a point or two of west. At the hour above named a cloud was passing over, very dense and uniform in colour, and with that dark leaden hue so general in thunderstorms. There was, however, no thunder or lightning. Rain fell in torrents. As the cloud, which was of large area, passed off, the sun shone brightly in the north-west, and a magnificent rainbow painted itself on the dense black screen afforded by the cloud. The rainbow was double, the prismatic colours, of course, occurring in reverse order in the outer bow. The most remarkable feature of the display was the sharp contrast in the shadow of the cloud, evidently caused by the rainbow. Between the two bows it was of the densest leaden hue. Inside the inner bow it was exceedingly light coloured, with the faintest suggestion of luminosity. Outside the outer bow it was of an intermediate grey. The uniform mass of cloud was marked off by the two bows with, geometrical accuracy into three regions, each perfectly homogeneous in itself, but distinctly contrasted with the two other tints. The effect was weird and startling, and was observed and commented upon by several spectators in whose company I was. There was another feature connected with the nner bow which I have never observed before. The green and iolet colours were repeated inside the bow. Probably the whole tract from green to violet inclusive was repeated, but I could only make out those two colours distinctly.
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