Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 189
site sides of the hair to tlie same point in the eye of the observer wouldmake an angle of one second—and the breadth of the hair is a measure of the angle, atthe distance mentioned. The angle sought by the astronomers is found in the following way: In the figurehere shown let E, V, and S,… … If at the time of the transit one observer is placed at F, and another at G, the ob-server at F will see Venus in the direction of F V, appearing as a dark spot on thesun at y, and, at the same time, the observer at G will see the planet in the direction ofG V on the sun at e. If the observers…
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