A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined .. (1859)
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Mason brothers · leaf 112
often … 224. In her journeyings eastward, the moonseems to run over and obscurethe distant planets and stars.This phenomenon is called an oc-cultation. The adjoining cut represents the new moon asjust about to obscure a distant star, by passing be-tween us and it. In 1S50, she occulted Jupiter forthree…
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