The phenomena and order of the solar system (1838)
Nichol, J. P · William Tait · leaf 25
r greatest height in the sky , sink again like the sun , and disappear in the west . The whole phenomena and peculiarities of these remarkable motions , may be rendered palpable by means of a simple diagram . Let the indefinite line H O represent the horizon — that apparently flat plain around us ,…
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