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 221
ion is to the line, the larger will be the eclipse. In winter, if the centraltrace be but a little northward of the equator, and in summer, if it be 25°N. latitude, the eclipse will be visible all over the northern hemispheie.A.S a general rule, though liable to many modifications, we may… … If, in either of the other cases, a con-junction take place when the Moonscentre is directly between the centresof the Sun and Earth, as before, theMoon will then be too distant to coverthe entire face of the Sun, and therewill be seen, all around her dark body,a slender ring of dazzling light.…
Constellations · Stars
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