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 87
eter of the disk,and near the eastern edge. He saw, likewise, a darkish ob-long spot towards the northern edge, as in Fig. XVI. At sun-rise he perceived that the bright part was advanced fartherfrom the southern point than when he first observed it, as atFig. XVII., when he had the satisfaction of… … Fig. XVII. Fig. XV1TI. the southern point a fourth part of the diameter of the disk.When the sun had risen six degrees above the horizon thespot had got beyond the centre. When the sun had risenseven degrees the section cut it in halves, as in Fig. XVIII.,which showed its motion to have some…
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