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 89
be produced if you had thirteen 74 Star-Land. moons, all as big and as bright as our full moon, shiningtogether. How splendid the night would then be ! youwould be able to read a book quite easily ! Well, that isthe sort of illumination which the lunar man will enjoyunder these circumstances; all… … Fig. 30.—The Changes in the Moon. still be perceptible, so that when from the earth we lookat the moon, we see this glow distributed all over the darkportion ; that is, we observe the feebly lighted globe claspedin the brilliant arms of the crescent. At a later phase thedark part of the moon…
Astronomy
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