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 151
t was not in itselfgiving out light. If you will hold an apple or a stone in your hand and letthe light of a candle or the Sun fall on it you will be able tosee the apple or stone, and, although you will hardly be ableto notice it, you will see them by the light which strikes themand is turned… … Fig. 141.—Light Reflectedby an Apple. objects—it bounces back, or, to use the right word, it is re-flected. When we look aj the surface of the Earth by daylight wesee the sand and stones, grass and trees, houses and other ob-jects by the light which is re-flected, or thrown back from thesurface of…
Astronomy · Stars
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