The book of stars; being a simple explanation of the stars and their uses to boy life, written to conform to the tests of the Boy scouts (1915)
Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 115
es of the Moon are made will be perfectly clear. The picture, Fig. 108, shows an apple from which a thin 96 THE BOOK OF THE STARS sector or slice has been cut. The lower picture shows the stem endof the apple and from this point of view the part where the slicewas cut out looks wedge-shaped. This… … FULL MOON Fig. 109.—Diagram Showing How the Moons Phases Are Made. the apple when it takes on a crescent form. This is the viewof the Moon we really get between new Moon and its firstquarter, as shown in Fig. 110. The diagrams, Figs. 109 and 110, show the Earth in thecenter of the Moons orbit and…
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