The earth and sky; a primer of astronomy for young readers (1898)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, D. Appleton & Company · leaf 83
. Put a W there, then, to stand for west. The left hand side of your page wdll be toward the east, so put an E there to stand for east. And you had better write top and bottom too, as in the picture. You are ready to draw in the shape of the moon so soon as you have made up your mind what theshape… … 56 THE EARTH AND SKY. the inoon as you can make it. Suppose it islike this figure. Then if you can see the sun,or if you know by the light of the sky prettynearly where the sun is, you can draw anarrow which points from the moon towardsthe sun. If you do not know where the sunis, leave out the…
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