List, C, Hall, T. G. (Thomas Grainger), 1803-1881 · Philadelphia : Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. and Carey & Hart · leaf 35
otion is that of the earth round the sun appearsprobable, because, in the first place, the sun is byfar the larger body; for, large as the earth appearsto us, it is less than a millionth of the magnitudeof the sun. The sun, indeed, appears to move among thefixed stars; but it makes no difference in… … For, if a be the place of the earth, a spectatorlooking at the sun at s, will refer it to some placein the heavens a among the fixed stars; and when MOTION OF THE EARTH. 31 he has arrived at b, perfectly unconscious of hisown motion, he will look at the sun, s, at rest, andrefer it to a point b,…
Astronomy
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