Note N. 114 — SECTION V.
Reading edition
Note 114, p. 40. Horizontal refraction. The light, in coming from a celestial object, is bent into a curve as soon as it enters our atmosphere; and that bending is greatest when the object is in the horizon.
Reading edition
Note 114, p. 40. Horizontal refraction. The light, in coming from a celestial object, is bent into a curve as soon as it enters our atmosphere; and that bending is greatest when the object is in the horizon.