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 98
ful kind of eclipse is that in which thewhole of the bright part of the sun is blotted out. Then, The Moon. 83 indeed, we do see wonders. But such eclipses are very rare,and even when they do occur they only last a very fewminutes. The sights that are displayed are so interest-ing that astronomers… … Partial. Annular. Fig. 34.— Different kinds of Solar Eclipse. line of the sun and moon; and I think you will agree thatshe cannot see any part of the sun, for the moon is alto-gether in the way. I have drawn two dotted lines, one ateach side. All that she can see must lie outside thesedotted lines,…
Astronomy
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