Astronomy: or The perfections of God displayed in his works (1836)
Mann, Cyrus, 1785-1859. [from old catalog] · Boston, Massachusetts Sabbath school society · leaf 131
cover only a small partof the earth, never more than a portion ofit 200 miles in diameter. An eclipse of thesun will consequently be visible to only afew of the inhabitants; and it will be total,partial, central, or not seen at all, at differ-ent places at the same time. To thosewho live within the… … ECLIPSES. 129 The sun can be eclipsed only at or nearthe time of the new moon. The moon isthen in conjunction with the sun, or in thesame direction, and intervenes between theearth and the sun. At no other period canit be seen to pass over the suns disk, be-cause it does not come directly between…
Astronomy, Juvenile and popular
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