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 95
dark hemis-phere will be turned towards the earth, and she willbecome deficient on the western limb, which will nowbe bounded by the circle of illumination. When aX f gh, she will present the same phases in order, but reversed,as aXdc b. At g, or when 90° from the sun, she is saidto be at her last… … 99. Draw the diagram, and show the different phases of the moon du-ring one lunation. OF THE Mt>ON. 89 ein.pses fiom full to the last quarter, and from the lastquarter to new moon again. When the moon is first seen after the ckange, the line con.necting- the horns will be differently inclined to…
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