The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 94
the star, the sun wouldappear about one degree to theeastward : lience the meridian mustbe carried about one degree far-ther in order to come up to thesun. The solar day must there-fore be about four minutes longerthan the sidereal day. The fact that the earth mustmake more than a complete… … Fig. 90. the earth is at i, the sun is on the meridian at a. When
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