A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined .. (1853)
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, F. J. Huntingdon [etc.] · leaf 117
ains,several of the latter are from three to four and a halfmiles high. That they are really mountains is proved bythree facts: 1st, the line of the terminator is jagged oruneven, as shown in the cut; 2d., shadows are seen pro-jecting first to the east and then to the wrest, showing theexistence of… … portion, larger and larger, tillthey join the illumi-nated portion, show-ing them to be thetops of mountains,which reflect the sun-light before it reachesthe intervening val-leys. 1. Specimens of these s7iacl-ous may be seen in the cut. pro-jecting to the left. Bright pointsof light, or, in other…
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