Astronomy for beginners in thirty-two lessons (1885)
Fellowes, Francis. [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 32
1 6 ASTRONOMY. tiful, is sometimes called a queen. The Bible says that God created the moon to rule over the night. This means that she seems to be the largest of all the bodies seen in the sky by night, and has power to chase away the darkness. Here is a picture of the moon's phases. … 3. Phases means appearances. The phases of the moon are her different appearances. They are a most wonderful thing. The sun and the stars always preserve very nearly the same ap- pearance, but the moon is almost continually changing. Sometimes, she looks like a bow of light hung up in the sky.…
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