Berry, Arthur,b. 1862 · London, J. Murray · leaf 146
lines as, bs, cs, ds are, as in the figure, equal inlength and parallel in direction to e a, e b, e c, e d re-spectively. The same being true of intermediate points,exactly the same apparent effect is produced whether thesun describe the circle a b c d, or the earth describe atthe same rate the… … b Fig. 38.—The relative motion of the sun and moon. as indicated by the arrow-heads, in the same direction(contrary to that of the motion of the hands of a clock,in the figures given). It follows in the same sort of waythat an apparent motion (as of a planet) may be explainedas due partially to the…
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