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 95
s about thirteen and a halftimes the extent of the moon. The face of the full moon being half the entire extent ofthe surface is, therefore, about one twenty-seventh part of theearths surface—continents, oceans, seas, and islands all taken 8o Star-Land. together. The British Empire and the Russian… … UV3^ Fig. 32.—To show how the Earth goes round the Sun andthe Moon goes round the Earth. darkness of our nights. The earth goes around the sun inits annual journey of 365 days. The moon revolves aroundthe earth once every twenty-seven days. The motion ofthe moon is thus a very complicated one, for…
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