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The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)

Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 252

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Fig. 256. aspect of one of the cusps, which Schroter noticed at times,and which he attributed to the shadow of a mountain,estimated to be ten or twelve miles high. Fig. 257 shows 230 ASTRONOMY. this mountain near the upper cusp, as Schroter believed hesaw it in the year 1800. By watching certain…

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