The phenomena and order of the solar system (1843)
Nichol, J. P. (John Pringle), 1804-1859 · New York : Dayton & Newman · leaf 58
herso very peculiar, that I cannot pass it without especialnotice. If your scheme is correct, said the opponents ofCopernicus, Venus should have phases like the Moon.The truth asserted was geometrically sound. SupposingS the Sun, E the position of the Earth, and the circlearound the Sun the orbit… … will never be seen except when the planet is at A ; andthat in all other positions, she must like the Moon appearincomplete and horned. Nothing of this, however, is vi-sible to the naked eye ; Venus always appears a brilliantevening or morning star, and her shape is lost in the 46 THE REFORM OF…
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