The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 129
d sun, it follows,that, when it is new moon at the earth, it must be full earthat the moon : hence, while the bright crescent is enjoyingfull sunlight, the dark part of its surface is enjoying thelight of the full earth. Fig. 126 represents the full earth asseen from the moon. The Atmosphere of the… … Fig. 126. at the time of a solar eclipse, when the moon passes overthe disk of the sun. If the atmosphere were of any con- ASTRONOMY. Ill
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