The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 293
Fig. 296. ■ Fig. 295 shows a phase of the ring intermediate betweenthe last two. When the planet has moved ninety degrees farther, we 266 ASTRONOMY. again see the ring at an angle of twenty-seven degrees; butnow it is the lower or southern side which is visible. Whenit has moved ninety degrees… … Fig. 297. It will be seen that there are two opposite points ofSaturns orbit in which the rings are turned edgewise tous, and two points half-way between the former in whichthe ring is seen at its maximum inclination of about twenty-seven degrees. Since the planet performs a revolution…
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