Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Huntington and Savage, Mason and Law · leaf 99
a person upon the body of theplanet, either north or south of his Equator ? Like two gorgeous arches of light, bright as the fullMoon, and spanning the whole heavens from east towest. [In the annexed cut, the beholder is sup-posed to be situated some 30° north of theequator of Saturn, and looking… … 418. How does the width of the two Rings compare ivith thediameter of the Moon ? The two rings united are nearly 13 times as wide asthe diameter of the Moon. [The two rings are 30,000 miles wide, which, being divided by 2,160, the diameterof the Moon, gives 121 as the result.] 419. How does their…
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