The geography of the heavens, and class book of astronomy: (1849)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857. [from old catalog] · New York, Huntington & Savage · leaf 210
rom Cancer to Libra, after it; fromLibra to Capricorn, before it; and from Capricorn to Aries, after it. If wenotice what months the Sun is in these sever-al quarters, we sliall find, thaifrom the 2;)th of December to the IGtIi of April, and from the 16th of June t«tlie Isi of September, the clock… … It is a universal fact, that, while none of the planets areperfect spheres, noneof their orbits are perfect circles. Theplanets all revolve about the Sun, in ellipses of differentdegrees of eccentricity ; having the Sun, not in the centreof the ellipse, but in one of its foci. What is meant by the…
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