This section is from the book "A Library Of Wonders And Curiosities Found In Nature And Art, Science And Literature", by I. Platt. Also available from Amazon: A library of wonders and curiosities.
Take some water in your mouth, and turn your back to the sun; then if it be blown forcibly out against some dark or soady place, you will see the drops formed by the beams of the sun into an apparent rainbow, which, however, soon vanishes.
 
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