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 220
hese two revolutions owing? How great is thedistance of the Moon from the Earth, compared with that of the other heavenly bodies ?What is her distance from us? What is her motion in her orbit, compared with theEarths ? How many times does she revolve around the Earth, every year? Tfie appa-rent… … Let Ad b B represent a portion of the Earths orbit; and a b c d e the lunarorbit. When the Earth is at b, the new Moon is at a ; and while the Earth ismoving from b to its position as represented in the figure, the Moon has movedthrough half her orbit, from a to c. where she is full; so while the…
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