Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 149
the Earth. The planet itself, which is belted like Jupi-ter, is surroundednot only by eightmoons, but by aseries of rings,one of which, theinner one,is trans-parent! The bellshave been beforereferred to (Art. /^i>-. 17.—Satiirn and his Moons (general Wew). ^g^ ^^ ^^^^ not, therefore, detain us… … THE SOLA R S YS TEM. 111 inclined to the ecliptic; traiisits, eclipses, and occulta-tions of the satellites, the orbits of which for the most part\ie in the plane of Saturns equator, happen but rarely. 271- It is to the rings that most of the interest of thisplanet attaches. We may well imagine how…
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