Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908, Young, Anne Sewell, b. 1871., ed · Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn and Company · leaf 185
d moon from theearth. The corresponding distances of the sun from the node, taking §238] PHENOMENA OF A SOLAR ECLIPSE. 169 into account the variations in the inclination of the moons orbit, give18° 31 and 15° 21 for the major and minor ecliptic limits. In order that an eclipse may be central (total… … Fig. 64. — Solar Ecliptic Limits. 239. Phenomena of a Solar Eclipse.—There is nothing ofspecial interest until the sun is mostly covered, though beforethat time the shadows cast by the foliage begin to be peculiar. The light shining through every small interstice among the leaves,instead of forming…
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