Shuler, Molton Ancrum. [from old catalog] · New York, Broadway publishing company · leaf 211
parallax of the star, the orbit ofthe star being denominated the parallactic ellipse, themajor axis of which being measured, the distance fromthe star to the sun, inversely proportional to the size 169 THE FAMILY CELESTIAL of the ellipse, is determined and expressed as a mul-tiple of the earths… … APR.THE 6/FFERENCE IN THE*PARALLACT/C EUfPSgACCORD me TO THE D/STANCE OFTHE STAR the infinitesimal and imperceptible. The diagramshows the position of the earth for the several seasons,and illustrates the difference between the apparent el-lipses of a star comparatively near and one more re-mote in…
Astronomy
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