Elementary treatise on physics experimental and applied for the use of colleges and schools (1890)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, E. (Edmund) · New York : W. Wood · leaf 503
its of Venus or of Mercury over the sun are phenomena of thesame kind as eclipses, being produced by the projection on the earth of thepenumbral cones of shadow of those planets. The eclipses of the satellitesof certain planets such as Jupiter are identical with the eclipses of the moon. 504.… … their shape is always that of the external objects, and is independent of theshape of the aperture. The inversion of the images arises from the fact that the luminous raysproceeding from external objects, and penetrating into the chamber, crossone another in passing the aperture, as shown in fig.…
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