Moulton, Forest Ray, 1872-1952 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 268
that the shadow coneof the moon comes to a point near the surface of the earth,as is shown in Fig. 80. It is also obvious from this diagramthat the sun is eclipsed as seen from only a small part of theearth. As the moon moves around the earth in its orbitand the earth rotates on its axis, the… … Fig. 82. — Path of the total eclipse of the sun, August 29-30, 1905. total ecUpse of the sun will be observed very infrequentlyat any given place. On this account, as well as because itis a startUng phenomenon for the sun to become dark in thedaytime, eclipses have always been very noteworthy…
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