A short course in astronomy and the use of the globes (1871)
Kiddle, Henry, 1824-1891 · New York, Chicago, Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & co. · leaf 120
at any particular place ■• because the lat-ter are always visible to an entire hemisphere, whereasthe former are only visible to that part of the earths sur-face covered by the moons shadow or its penumbra. 185. When the whole of the suns or moons disk isconcealed, the eclipse is said to be total;… … A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN AND MOON. The conditions of a total and a partial eclipse will be apparentfrom the explanations already given. VThen the centres of the sun 184. Which are the most frequent at any place ? Why ? 185. What is a totaleclipse ? A partial eclipse ? What are digits ? 185.…
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