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A compendium of astronomy; (1855)

Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859. [from old catalog] · New York, R. B. Collins · leaf 154

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relative position of the sun, the earth, and the moon,both in a solar and in a lunar eclipse. It is evident fromthe figure, that if a spectator were situated where themoons shadow strikes the earth, the moon would cut oft*from him the view of the sun, or the sun would be to-tally eclipsed. Or, if…

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