Star-land : being talks with young people about the wonders of the heavens (1891)
Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir, 1840-1913 · London ; Paris : Cassell & Co. · leaf 163
ace. We must not push thisargument too far; the relation between the two periodsof revolution, though nearly, is not exactly 8 to 13.K 2 148 Star-Land. The consequence is that when yet another eight years hascome round, the planet passes a little above the sun or alittle below the sun, and thus a… … Fig. 50.—Venus in transit across the Sun. of Venus in 1882 from Great Britain. Perhaps I shouldsay a part of the transit, for the sun had set long beforethe planet had finished its journey across the disc. Venuslooked like a small round black spot, stealing in on thebright surface of the sun and…
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