The geography of the heavens, and class-book of astronomy: (1858)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Mason brothers · leaf 181
n time,follows the Sun in the same direction, the apparent elongationswill be prolonged to between 55 and 65 days. 350. The passage of Mercury or Yenus directly between theEarth and the Sun, and apparently over his disc, is called aTransit. A transit can never occur except when the interiorplanet… … This cut represents the ecliptic and zodiac, with the orbit of an interior planet, hisnodes, &c. The line of his nodes is, as shown, in the 16° of » and the 16° of Tli. Now ifthe earth is in 8 , on the line L N, as shown in the cut, when Mercury is at his ascendingnode (Q), he will seem to pass…
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