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 294

An illustration from Celestial scenery, or, The Wonders of the planetary system displayed : illustrating the perfections of deity and a plurality of worlds, 1845, leaf 294 — ody are of anequal size, the shadow is cylindrical, and passes on from theopaque body to an indefinite extent, as represented in Fig.XCVII. When the luminous body is less than the opaque,the shadow extends in breadth beyond the opaque body, andgrows broader and broader in proportion to its distance… … to be larger in diameter in proportion to the distance of thewall or screen on which the shadow is projected. Now it iswell known, and will readily be admitted, that an eclipse ofthe moon is caused by the shadow of the earth falling uponthe moon, when the sun, earth, and moon are nearly in…

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