Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920, Philips, G. M. (George Morris), 1851-1920, joint author · Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company · leaf 77
rom the sun to the earth. Tofind this, stations are chosen on opposite sides of the 1 The shaded parts of the figure are only intended to fill out thedisks. The dark part of the moon can sometimes be seen, but not somth Yenus. 72 ASTRONOMY. earth, in the northern and southern hemispheres, as at1ST… … Fig. 18.—Transit of Venus. this gives the angular distance between A and B.This, with the distance from 1ST to S, determined onthe earth, and the comparative distances of the earth andVenus from the sun, which are found by Keplersthird law (Art. 29), w7ill enable a person who has aknowledge of…
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