A new treatise on astronomy, and the use of globes : in two parts ... (1866)
M'Intire, James, 1799-1879 · New York : Published by A.S. Barnes & Burr ... · leaf 161
hemoon is occasioned by the earth coming between thesun and the moon, so as to deprive her of the suns light,or by the moon entering into the earths shadow; henceall lunar eclipses must happen when the moon is in oppo-sition to the sun, or at the time of full moon. Solar Eclipses. The phenomenon of… … Having drawn the common tangents on the same anddifferent sides of the sun and moon, and therefore limit-ing the real and partial shadows of the latter body, it isevident that the dark shadow of the moon will be of aconical form because she is globular and much smallerthan the sun whose rays of…
Astronomy
Internet Archive · Cornell University Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
