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Lectures on astronomical theories (1876)

Harris, John · Montreal, Lovell Printing and Publishing Co. · leaf 132

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eeclipses was then made, throughout the earths revolution, from eachsuccessive part of its orbit. But, as shown elsewhere by Lardner him-self, such a suppositioni s inadmissible because such direct observa-tions-throughout a great part of the earths orbit are not possible.It appears likely that… … VELOCITY-OF-LIGHT THEORY. 37 *from the opposition till the time when the earth arrivesat /., a point determined by drawing a I. tangent to theeastern limb of Jupiter, the immersions will be concealedfrom our view. And also, page 14, ^It is to beobserved that owing to the proximity of the orbits…

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