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IN the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. vii. (1869–70) Clerk Maxwell has a short note on a bow seen on the surface of ice. This was Observed on January 26, 1870, on the frozen surface of the ditch, which surrounds, St. John's College, Cambridge. Maxwell remarks, “How a drop of water can lie upon ice without wetting it and losing its shape altogether. I cannot profess to explain.” In 1898, in vol. xxii. of the same Proceedings (1898) there is a note on dew bows by Dr. R. A. Lundie and myself. These were produced at night on the ground, the source of light being the gas lamp or electric light of the street. A short account will be found in NATURE of January 12, 1899 (vol. lix., p. 263).
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KNOTT, C. [Letters to Editor]. Nature 97, 34 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/097034b0
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