Elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies (1901)
White, Charles J · New York: J. Wiley & sons · leaf 93
86 DISTANCE OF THE SUM. 93. Transit of Venus.—In Fig. 36, let 8 denote the centre ofthe sun, and CADN its disc: let V be Venus, and E the centre … of the earth. Let UK he that diameter of the earth which i*perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic, and let an observer besupposed to be stationed at each extremity. In order to simplifythe explanation, let us neglect the rotation of the earth duringthe observation, and suppose Venus to move in…
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