Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 129
Fig. 119.—Eclipse of the Moon by the Earth (Experiment). 108 THE BOOK OF THE STARS This is just what happens when the Earth gets between theSun and the Moon and all these bodies are in a straight line, … Fig. 120.—Moon Eclipsed by the Earth (Diagram). as shown in Fig. 120; the Moon will then be in the shadow ofthe Earth, and thus it is that the Moon is eclipsed. If the Sun, Earth and Moon were always in the same plane with each other, everytime the Earth passedbetween the Sun andthe Moon the…
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