by JohnD » Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:06 pm
Sorry that I missed the previous post about Trniyt.
In fact I missed the whole thread.
In recompense, here is the passage from Jules Verne's Le Rayon Vert:
"Tous, immobiles, plus emus qu'on ne le pourrait croire, regardaient le globe qui, se mouvant obliquement a l'horizon,descendit encore, et resta comme suspendu un instant sur l'abime.Puis, la deformation du disque, modifie par la refraction, se fit peu a peu sentir; il s'elargit au detriment de son diametre vertical et rappella la forme d'un vase etrusce, aux flancs rebondis, dont le pied plongeait dans l'eau." [I can't do the accents on the letters]
In crude translation
"Everyone, motionless, more moved than they could believe, looked at the sphere which, being driven obliquely at the horizon, still went down, and remained as suspended for one moment on the abyss. Then, the deformation of the disc, modified by refraction, little by little was enlarged along its vertical diameter and became the form of an etruscan vase, with recurved sides, whose foot plunged in the water."
You can read the episode (indeed the whole book!) at:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/7310216/Jules ... rayon-vert
Use the "Search" to find the relevant paragraph.
John
Sorry that I missed the previous post about Trniyt.
In fact I missed the whole thread.
In recompense, here is the passage from Jules Verne's Le Rayon Vert:
"Tous, immobiles, plus emus qu'on ne le pourrait croire, regardaient le globe qui, se mouvant obliquement a l'horizon,descendit encore, et resta comme suspendu un instant sur l'abime.Puis, la deformation du disque, modifie par la refraction, se fit peu a peu sentir; il s'elargit au detriment de son diametre vertical et rappella la forme d'un vase etrusce, aux flancs rebondis, dont le pied plongeait dans l'eau." [I can't do the accents on the letters]
In crude translation
"Everyone, motionless, more moved than they could believe, looked at the sphere which, being driven obliquely at the horizon, still went down, and remained as suspended for one moment on the abyss. Then, the deformation of the disc, modified by refraction, little by little was enlarged along its vertical diameter and became the form of an etruscan vase, with recurved sides, whose foot plunged in the water."
You can read the episode (indeed the whole book!) at: http://www.scribd.com/doc/7310216/Jules-Verne-Le-rayon-vert
Use the "Search" to find the relevant paragraph.
John