The earth and sky; a primer of astronomy for young readers (1898)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, D. Appleton & Company · leaf 38
orBoston, or San Francisco. The ships are sail-ing away to foreign countries. Some of theships are near and some far off, and theremust be other ships, beyond the edge of thesea, that we can not see at all. They sailedaway this morning and are out of sight now.They are already beyond the edge of… … Ships sailing out of a harbor. The more distant ships looksmaller. The hull of each ship disappears first, as she sailsaway. The uppermost sails are seen longest. meet. You see that it is a line. At least itlooks like one. Now let ns look at the ship that is nearestto ns. What do you see ? (Look at…
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