The phenomena and order of the solar system (1843)
Nichol, J. P. (John Pringle), 1804-1859 · New York : Dayton & Newman · leaf 24
onomers, it thus appears that whilethe Moon, like all the celestial bodies, is carried dailyround the Earth by the sphere of the fixed stars—a motionwhich causes her rising and setting, she has also a sphereor circle of her own which carries her slowly in the oppo-site direction, making her move… … 20 EARLY ASTRONOMY. ly sure. Suppose the earth at E, and S the place of theSun in the sphere of the Fixed Stars;—inasmuch as hereaches the middle of his diurnal path in his greatest heightat noon, the star s opposite to him will reach the middlepoint of its course precisely at midnight, and were…
Solar system
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