Elements of astronomy: accompanied with numerous illustrations, a colored representation of the solar, stellar, and nebular spectra, and celestial charts of the northern and the southern hemisphere (1875)
Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 202
sbeing on exactly opposite sidesof the Earth, and on a line drawnthrough the centres of the Earthand Sun. In the second position,when the same star comes to 6smeridian, a sees the Sun to theeast of his, and he must be car-ried by the Earths rotation toc before the Sun occupies thesame apparent… … Fig. 77.—Explanation of theDifference in Length be-tween the Sidereal and rest, this difference could not the Solar Day. have arigen . ^ g()lar day ig & result of the Earths motion in its orbit, combined withits rotation. 354. Moreover, the Earths motion in its orbit is not Consequently, the…
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