Did Monge really explain inferior mirages?

IF 1.3 4区物理与天体物理 Q3 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Comptes Rendus Physique Pub Date : 2022-12-20 DOI:10.5802/crphys.106

Andrew T. Young

引用次数: 3

Abstract

. Gaspard Monge has received undue credit for his observations of mirages in 1798 in Egypt. He did not discover inferior mirages; they were known to sailors before 1687, and the term mirage had entered the French literature in 1753. Monge’s “total reflection” explanation for them was seriously flawed; it had already been considered and rejected by Gruber and by Büsch, and was promptly criticized by others. Yet he continues to be given credit for the first scientific explanation of mirages; and his false total-reflection mechanism survives today in some textbooks. Apparently this is due to its superficial simplicity, which appeals to novices.

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蒙格真的解释了低等海市蜃楼吗？

．加斯帕德·蒙日(Gaspard Monge)因1798年在埃及观察到海市蜃楼而受到了不应有的赞誉。他没有发现劣质的海市蜃楼;1687年以前，水手们就知道了它们，而海市蜃楼这个词在1753年才进入法国文学。蒙格对它们的“全面反思”解释存在严重缺陷;它已经被格鲁伯和贝舍考虑并拒绝了，并迅速受到其他人的批评。然而，他仍然被认为是对海市蜃楼的第一个科学解释;他的错误全反射机制在今天的一些教科书中仍然存在。显然，这是由于它表面上的简单，这吸引了新手。

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Comptes Rendus Physique 物理-天文与天体物理

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