The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 125
Fig. 122. orbit at the same time that the moon revolves around it, themoon is made to describe a sinuous path, as shown by thecontinuous line in Fig. 122. This feature of the moons path is … Fig. 123. greatly exaggerated in the upper portion of the diagram. Theform of her path is given with a greater degree of accuracy inthe lower part of the figure (the broken line represents the path ASTRONOMY. 107 of the earth); but even here there is considerable exaggeration.The complete…
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