A new manual of the elements of astronomy, descriptive and mathematical .. (1868)
Kiddle, Henry, 1824-1891 · New York, Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & co.; Chicago, S.C. Griggs & co. · leaf 143
ered by the shadow is, really, 1° 54, or 130 miles. This is themaximum. The breadth of the greatest portion of the earths surfaceever covered by the moons penumbra is 70° 17, or 4,850 miles. 189. When the whole of the suns or moons disc is con-cealed, the eclipse is said to be total; when only a… … A PAETIAL ECLIPSE OF THE 8UN AND MOON. a. The conditions of a total and a partial eclipse will be apparentfrom the explanations already given. When the centres of the sunand moon coincide, that is, when the latter is exactly at the node, theeclipse is said to be central. A central eclipse of the…
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