The geography of the heavens and classbook of astronomy; (1863)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868, Whitall, Henry, 1819-1887? Celestial planisphere. [from old catalog] · New York, Mason brothers; Boston, Mason & Hamlin; [etc., etc.] · leaf 182
me,follows the Sun in the same direction, the apparent elongationswill be prolonged to between 55 and 65 days. 350. The passage of Mercury or Venu? directly between theEarth and the Sun, and apparently <^veK lis disc, is called aTransit. A transit can never occui 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 tf and the 16° of TTJ,. Now ifthe earth is in « , on the line L N, as shown in the cut, when Mercury is at his ascendingnode (Q), he will seem to…
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