The elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies (1872)
White, Charles J. (Charles Joyce), 1839-1917 · Philadelphia, Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger · leaf 142
dry plains. It seems to be still an open question whether or not the moonhas an atmosphere. If there is an atmosphere, it must be of anextremely minute height and density; for we see no clouds andno twilight, and there is nothing in the phenomena of the occul-tations of stars by the moon which… … TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, OF JULY 18,1860, showing the Corona and the Red Flames; as observed by Dr.Feilitzsch, at Castellon de la Plana, LUNAR ECLIPSE. 135 CHAPTER X. LUNAR AND SOLAR ECLIPSES. OCCULTATIONS. 149. Eclipses.—The obscuration, either partial or total, of thelight of one celestial body…
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