Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 127
it.234. At A, therefore, the Moonstops the Suns light, its shadow fallson a part of the Earth ; and thepeople, therefore, who live on thatparticular part of it where the shadowfalls cannot see the Sun, because theMoon is in the way. Hence we shallhave what is called an eclipse ofthe Sun. 233. At B… … tig 15.—Eolipses of theSun and iSIoon. THE SOLA R SIS TEM qn 236. It will easily be seen from the fij^ure, that whereastlic eclipse of the Moon by the shadow of the much largerEarth will be more or less visible to the whole side ofthe Earth turned away from the Sun, the shadow castby the small Moon…
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