Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York : H. Holt and company · leaf 34
N. 13 low the horizon during a portion of their course, and thefraction of the circle which is below the pole will be con-tinually increasing. Looking yet farther south we shallfind one half of the circle to be above and one half belowthe horizon. Farther yet, we shall find the stars… … NORTH Fio. 4. If we carefully study this motion, we shall find that itdoes not arise from each star pursuing an independentcourse, for not only do all the stars perform this ap-parent revolution in the very same time, but they alsopreserve unchanged their relati^^e distances from eachother, with…
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