Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York : H. Holt and company · leaf 196
of this proportion ; weare therefore obliged to represent the earth as larger than the sun, andthe moon as nearly half way between the earth and sun. MCLIPSES OF THE SUN. 175 the vertex of the shadow is between the earth and moon,the latter will necessarily appear smaller than the sun, andthe… … Fig. 62.—^dakk body op moon projected on sttn during anannui.ab eclipse. in the neighborhood of 0. We should then have a totaleclipse at each point of the earth on which it fell. It willbe seen, however, that a total or annular eclipse of the sunis visible only on a very small portion of the earths…
Astronomy
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