Shuler, Molton Ancrum. [from old catalog] · New York, Broadway publishing company · leaf 86
ile in establishing any real knowledge asto the configurations of the planet. In our preliminary survey of the solar system, wemade mention of the fact that Mercury completes onerevolution around the sun in a period of eighty-eightdays, and that his mean distance from the sun is about36,000,000… … I. Transit of Mercury.2. Venus, Crescent Plan. (VI., p, 69.), THE FAMILY CELESTIAL Keplers second law of planetary motion, Mercurymust sweep with increased velocity over that part ofhis orbit which is nearest to the sun, and with de-creased velocity along that part which is farthest awayfrom the…
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