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COL. TENNANT is mistaken in supposing that the only peculiarity of the clouds which appeared in December 1884 and 1885 is in their being fringed with coloured spectra, though these were, I believe, much more vivid than those of ordinary clouds, as described by him; besides which, my impression was that the colours were more varied than is usually the case. Col. Tennant, with his experience, will be better able to say than I am whether there is generally as much blue in the clouds he describes as in those under discussion. I stated in my letter of Dec. 29 last (p. 199) that there was no special amount of blue in the clouds seen the previous day, but on the 31st there was a good deal. However, I do not insist on this as being any important difference; but, by referring to the numerous letters this year and last about the clouds, he will see there were several other characteristic points.
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BACKHOUSE, T. The Iridescent Clouds and their Height. Nature 33, 486 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/033486b0
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