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Ostrander, Tobias · New York, M'Elrath, Bangs & Herbert · leaf 210
s where it is seen. In Chronology, both solar and lunar eclipses serve todetermine exactly the time of any past event; for thereare so many particulars observable in every eclipse withrespect to its quantity, the places where it is perceivable,(if of the Sun,) and the time of the day or night, that… … 200 ON THE FIXED STARS. [SECT. XVIII. SECTION EIGHTEENTH. ON THE FIXED STARS. The Stars are said to be fixed, because they havebeen generally observed to keep at the same distancesfrom each other ; their apparent diurnal revolutionsbeing caused solely by the earths turning on its axis.They appear…
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