Evershed, M. A. (Orr) · London : Gall & Inglis · leaf 35
erpreter. A pole set up in order to show thelength of shadow thrown by the sun. 14 APPARENT MOVEMENTS OF has set; next night she is markedly further from thesun, on her eastward course, and is a larger crescent;she continues increasing her distance from the sun andthe size of her disc, until, as… … One day old ^ \ \ Fig. 2. The Moon at Sunset. rij^es later and later at night, and sets in the day; shedraws gradually nearer to the sun on the western side,till at last, as a fine crescent with the horns turned inthe other direction {i.e. always away from the sun),she appears just before the…
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 · Astronomy
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