Wilkins, John H. (John Hubbard), 1794-1861 · Boston, Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins · leaf 102
fromA through the stations B, C,and D, it appears to him thatit passes from A through thestations &, c, and d, it will appear to him less at b, than at A, and lessat c and d than at b. Now this last is the true appearance of themoon, while she rises from the horizon A to the zenith D in the… … Phenomena arising from Magnitude. 79 Sect. V. Of Phenomena arising from the Earths Magnitude.PARALLAX. 144. None of the heavenly bodies, unless they bein the zenith, appear to have the same place among thestars when seen from the earths surface, that they wouldhave, if seen from the earths centre.…
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