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IN NATURE (January 23, p.271)you give a letter from Mr. Scouller describing an interesting case of a rainbow, due to the image of the sun in water, which, with the ordinary, primary, and secondary bows, make up (there being no secondary to that formed by the reflected sun) the three which he saw. Here is a short account of what I saw long ago, almost in prehistoric times, in Scotland, where such sights ought, according to your correspondent, to be very commonly seen. I may mention that I saw at the same time, lasting some five minutes, eight well defined rainbows of one sort or another.
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FROST, P. Eight Rainbows seen at the Same Time. Nature 41, 316–317 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/041316c0
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