Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book (1899)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 40
ut the book thatthe drawings have to be on a small scale. All the Universe has tobe drawn on a few square inches. SPACE—THE CELESTIAL SPHERE—DEFINITIONS. 19 New York. No change of place on the Earth alters thegrouping of the stars. You are on the Earth looking outat the sky at night and you see all… … The Earth is supposed to be at O, a few of the stars at p, q, r, s, f, t, t, u, v.These stars are seen by us as if they were all on the surface of the celes-tial sphere at P, Q, R, S, T, U, V. R and S. If you look at u and v you see them at U andV. All of them appear to be at one and the same…
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