Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 353
the equinoxes, when, as beforestated, the Suns action is nil. 3i8 ASTRONOMY. 650. Also, for the sake of greater clearness, we haveomitted to consider the Moon, although our satelliteplays the greatest part in precession, for the followingreason : The action referred to does not depend uponthe… … Fif^. 76.—Showing the effects of Precession on the position of theEarths axis. distance is so great compared with the diameter of theEarth, the differential effect of the Suns action is small;but, as the Moon is so near, the differential effect is soconsiderable that her precessional action is…
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