The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 109
to judge of its distance. In any case, an object which keepsthe same apparent magnitude seems to us, through the instinc-tive habits of the eye, the larger in proportion as we judge itto be more distant. 91. The Apparent Size of the Moon increased by Irradia-tion. — In the case of the moon, the… … larger sphere than that which it has been said, time out of mind,to hold in its arms. The bright portion of the moon as seenwith our measuring instruments, as well as when seen with thenaked eye, covers a larger space in the field of the telescopethan it would if it were not so bright. This effect…
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