The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 120
greater thanAM: hence, other things being equal, the greatest retardationof the moons rising will be when the moon is near the autum-nal equinox, and the least retardation when the moon is nearthe vernal equinox. The least retardation at New York is twenty-three minutes,and the greatest an hour and… … Fig. ii8. upon the latitude of the moon, and upon her nearness tothe earth. The direction of the moons motion with reference tothe ecliptic is shown in Fig. ii8, which shows the moonsmotion for one day in July, 1876. 104. The Harvest Moon.—The long and short retarda-tions in the rising of the moon,…
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