Celestial scenery, or, The Wonders of the planetary system displayed : illustrating the perfections of deity and a plurality of worlds (1845)
Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857, Parker, E. S., former owner. DSI, David H. DeVorkin Collection (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI · Philadelphia : Published by Edward C. Biddle · leaf 122
-tance than either of these bodies from the centre of the system.Before proceeding to a particular description of the phe-nomena connected with the planet Mars, I shall give a briefsketch of the motions peculiar to this planet, which will serve,in some measure, as a specimen of the apparent motions… … the earth ; and L MN O P, a segment of the starry hea\e>d$,Suppose Mars at A and the earth at E9 directly between itand the sun, then all the planets enlightened hemisphere willbe turned towards the earth, and it will appear like the fullmoon. When the planet is at B it will be gibbous, like…
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