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 71
y cansometimes be seen indaylight in rather anodd way. If you canobtain a glimpse of theblue sky on a fine clayfrom the bottom of acoal pit, stars are oftenvisible. The top of theshaft is, however, gene-rally obstructed by themachinery for hoistingup the coal, but thestars may be seen occa-sionally… … -How the Stars are to be seenin Broad Daylight. The Sun. 57 the eye the direct light of the sun. The eve thus becomesmore sensitive, and the feeble light from the stars canmake their impression, and produce vision. From allthese various lines of reasoning we see that there can be nodoubt of the…
Astronomy
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