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 85
The above figure will illustrate my idea; where A B (Fig.XIII.) represents the concave curve of the board to be usedwhen the planet is in south latitude ; CD, a segment ofthe apparent diurnal path of the planet; and E F, a segmentof the suns diurnal arc. Fig. XIV. represents the board tobe used… … DISCOVERIES ON THE SURFACE OF VENUS. 77 I have given the above brief statement of the observationson Venus because they are not yet generally known, and be-cause compilers of elementary books on astronomy still re-iterate the vague and unfounded assertion that it is impossibleto see this planet at…
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