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Quotation from Meteorology by Aristotle

“So we have only met with two instances of a moon rainbow in more than fifty years”

Aristotle

Meteorology, Book III, Part 2, trans. E. W. Webster (1923)

Aristotle explains why lunar rainbows are rare and cites his own observation over a lifetime.

Citation: "So we have only met with two instances of a moon rainbow in more than fifty years" — Aristotle, Meteorology, Book III, Part 2, trans. E. W. Webster (1923). (id aristotle-meteorology-q8)

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