Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908, Young, Anne Sewell, b. 1871., ed · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn and Company · leaf 181
ctly central in the largest possibleshadow, an observer on the moon would see the disc of the earthsurrounded by a narrow ring of brilliant light, colored with sunsethues by the same vapors which tinge terrestrial sunsets, but actingwith double power because the light has traversed a double… … 0 Fig. 62. — Light bent into Earths Shadow by Refraction. moon is strongly illuminated. If, on the other hand, the weather hap-pens to be stormy in this region of the earth, the clouds cut off nearlyall the light. In the lunar eclipse of 1884, the moon was absolutelyinvisible for a time to the…
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