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1 In any case, no displacement of a star by atmospheric refraction at occultation has been surely recorded.
2 This is probably much due to atmospheric refraction , whose effect and amount it is impossible to estimate accurately in such cases.
3 He also took notice of the effects of atmospheric refraction , and succeeded in attaining an accuracy often sixty times as great as that of Ptolemy.
4 In 1667, he explained the scintillation of the stars by irregular atmospheric refractions .
5 In 1667, he explained the twinkling of the stars by irregular atmospheric refractions .
6 "Much beyond if you do not take the atmospheric refraction into account," said Barbicane.
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