The geography of the heavens, and class book of astronomy: (1853)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868, Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857. [from old catalog] · New York, F. J. Huntington [etc.] · leaf 217
ipoint to the center of its orbit, how would external objects appear to us 3 What im-portant purposes does the Moon serve to the astronomer ? Of what importance areher phenomena to the navigator? What nations used to assemble at the time of thenew or of the full Moon, to express their gratitude for… … When the Moon, after having been in conjunction withthe Sun, emerges from his rays, she first appears in theevening, a little after sunset, like a fine luminous crescent,with its convex side towards the Sun. If we observe herthe next evening, we find her about 13° farther east of theSun than on the…
Constellations · Stars
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