Shuler, Molton Ancrum. [from old catalog] · New York, Broadway publishing company · leaf 44
n. It hasbeen estimated that six hundred thousand full moonswould equal with their collective brilliancy the amountof light emitted by the sun. We ask ourselves the question, Why does the moonundergo so many changes, giving us new moon, thequarters, full moon, and the gradual transformationfrom the… … Total Eclipse of Moon. (IV., p. 31.) THE FAMILY CELESTIAL illumined by the light of the sun, she exhibits to usdifferent parts of her bright face, beginning with thenew moon and growing daily until the full is reached,at which time the earth, sun, and moon are in an ap-proximately straight line,…
Astronomy
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