Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Huntington and Savage, Mason and Law · leaf 81
entthe plane of the ecliptic. Now when an interior planet is in this plane, as shown at A,it may appear to be upon the Suns disk; but if it is either above or below the ecliptic,as shown at B and C, it will appear to pass either above or below the Sun, as shownat D and E.] 333. Under what… … [This cut represents the ecliptic and zodiac, with the orbit of an interior planet, hisnodes, &c. The line of his nodes is, as shown, in the 16° of g and the 16° of -fri.Now if the Earth is in g f on the line L N, as shown in the cut, when Mercury is athis ascending node (£^) he will seem to…
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