Colbert, E[lias] [from old catalog] · Chicago, G. & C. W. Sherwood · leaf 99
y-one days still later, they are at C C, and Venusis then in her Inferior Conjunction. At D D theretrograde motion ceases, and at E E the planet isat her greatest Western elongation. During thenext seven months, while they are passing round tothe position F F, Venus rises before the Sun, andis the… … From the time of the Inferior Conjunction atC C to the one at I I, is a little more than one yearand seven months ; during that time the Earth has performed one revolution and seven-twelfths ofanother, and Venus has passed twice round herorbit, and described seven-twelfths of a third cir-cuit. The…
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