Recreations in astronomy : with directions for practical experiments and telescopic work (1879)
Warren, Henry White, 1831-1912 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 127
on ;t the same time every night. 110 A SOLAR SYSTEM We turn down our eastern horizon, but we do not findfair Luna at the same moment we did the night before.We are obliged to roll on for some thirty to fifty min-utes longer before we find the moon. It must be ling in the same direction, and it… … 4 ♦♦♦ ♦ • ♦ Fig. 42.—Showing the Suns Movement among the Stars. the earth from west to east, and if it goes 13° in oneday, it will take a little more than twenty-seven days togo the entire circle of 300°. ii THE PLANETS, AS SEEN FROM SPACE 111 In our outlook we soon observe that we do not our…
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