The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 130
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 … . siderable density, it would absorb a part of the suns rays,so as to produce a dusky border in front of the moons disk,as shown in Fig. 127. In reality no such dusky border isever seen; but the limb of the moon appears sharp, andclearly defined, as inFig. 128. If the atmospherewere not dense…
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