Recreations in astronomy : with directions for practical experiments and telescopic work (1879)
Warren, Henry White, 1831-1912 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 130
sun; or, in common language, Venuswill set after, and Mars rise before the sun. All thesebodies at near and far distances seem set in the starrydome, as the different stars seem in Fig. 42, p. 110. The mysterious movements of advance and retreatare rendered intelligible by Fig. 46. The planet… … Fiir. 46.—Apparent Movements of an Inferior Planet. pause approaching the earth in nearly a straight line.g D to C, it appears to retrograde among the: remains apparently stationary for some time,then, in passing from C to E and A, appears to pass•k among the stars to a. The progress of the…
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