Elements of astronomy ... with explanatory notes, and questions for examination (1855)
Brocklesby, John, 1811-1889 · New York, Farmer, Brace & co. · leaf 191
in another. Twoplaces may be so situated that the moon is on the horizonat one station and in the zenith at the other, when a solareclipse is about to happen. Now it is possible that thelunar shadow may fall just short of the place where themoon appears upon the horizon, but as the other stationis… … AIiTITUDE OF THE MOON ITS EFFECT ON ECLIPSES. Here ZBHE represents the earth, OR the moons orbit,M and M1 two positions of the moon, and S, S1 hershadow. To a spectator at H, the moon M is on thehorizon, and there is no eclipse, since the shadow doesnot reach him, but when the moon in her orbitual…
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