Astronomy: or The perfections of God displayed in his works (1836)
Mann, Cyrus, 1785-1859. [from old catalog] · Boston, Massachusetts Sabbath school society · leaf 128
l, and eclipse the most remote planetswhen the earth comes between them andthe sun. But the earth never casts a shad-ow upon them, and it must therefore besmaller than the sun. Its shadow will be ECLIPSES 125 in the form of a cone, and will come to apoint at some distance from the earth, butnot… … An Eclipse of the Moon- n* 126 ECLIPSES, But the moon is not eclipsed every timeit is full, or in opposition to the sun. becauseits orbit does not coincide with the plane ofthe earths orbit, one-half being about fivedegrees and a third above it, and the otherhalf as much below it ; and, therefore,…
Astronomy, Juvenile and popular
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