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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 94

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Fig. 90. the earth is at i, the sun is on the meridian at a. When … Fig. 91. the earth has moved to 2, it has made a complete rotation,as is shown by the fact that the plane of the meridian is 76 ASTRONOMY. parallel with its position at i ; but it is evident that themeridian has not yet come up with the sun. In Fig. 91,OA represents the plane of the meridian, and…

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