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 505
months, the earth has passed from the position T to theposition T, a total retardation of i6m. 36s. is observed between the time atwhich the phenomenon is seen and that at which it is calculated to takeplace. But when the earth was in the position T, the suns light reflectedfrom the satellite E had… … Fig. 442, the rays ET and ET may be considered parallel. Consequently, lightrequires i6m. 36s. to travel the diameter TTof the terrestrial orbit, or twicethe distance of the earth from the sun, which gives for its velocity 190,000miles in a second. The stars nearest the earth are separated from it…
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