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 79
the moon, appearinggibbous or nearly round when it is first seen in the evening,of the form of a half moon when about the point of itsgreatest elongation ; and of the figure of a crescent, graduallyturning more and more slender as it approaches its inferior 70 PHASES AND MOTIONS OF VENUS.… … Let the earth be supposed at K; then when Venus is inthe position marked •#, it is nearly in a line with the sun asseen from the earth, in which position it is said to be in itssuperior conjunction with the sun, or beyond him, in theremotest part of its orbit from the earth ; in which case thebody…
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