The earth and sky; a primer of astronomy for young readers (1898)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, D. Appleton & Company · leaf 107
d that way. But they cannot be so fastened. No one bowl would do.The near stars and the farther stars could notbe fastened to the same bowl. So that it is not a true appearance, this THE STARS IN THEIR COURSES. 79 bowl of the sky. It looks as if there weresuch a bowl, on which all the stars are… … supposed to be the earth, and you are on it,looking out at the stars in the dark night.p, qy r7 s, t, t, t, u9 v are stars at different dis- 80 THE EARTH AND SKY. tances from you. The star p is farther awayfrom 0 than the star q. If you look at the star p from 0 you lookalong the line 0p P, and you…
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