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 232
? On which side of the Moon do lunar eclipsesalways begin, and on u Inch do they end ? In what circumstances is th- Moon tor.iiveclipsed J Beyond what distance from her node, if she be, will she only touch theEarths shadow and not be eclipsed? On what then does the duration of lunareclipses depend/… … Let the student turn his face to the south, and hold tliRbook up open before him, and he will see at once, by theright hand figure, that the Moon, in going eastward, mustobscure the west or right hand side of the Sun first. In thefigure on the left, the Moon, in revolving eastward as before,comes…
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