Astronomy in a nutshell, the chief facts and principles explained in popular language for the general reader and for schools (1912)
Serviss, Garrett Putman, 1851-1929, Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 140
itreaches that of New York. At a placehalf-way round the circumference of theglobe, i.e. 1800 either east or west ofGreenwich, it willbe midnight at the sameinstant when it will be mid-day, or noon,at Greenwich. Now let us consider thisfor a moment. It is customary to change the name ofthe day at… … Fig. 10. The Change of Day. The arrows show the direction in which the earth turns(from west to east). It is always noon at the placewhich is directly under the sun. Call it Sunday noonat Greenwich, at the top of the circle; then it is 10 a.m.Sunday at a point 300 west and. 2 p.m. Sunday at a…
Astronomy
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
