The starry skies: or, First lessons on the sun, moon and stars (1894)
Giberne, Agnes, 1845-1939 · New York, American tract society · leaf 20
g comes between to hidethem. On the Earth it is very different. Here wecan commonly see only a few miles off. Notbecause our eyes are not strong enough: butbecause the Earths rounded surface soon dipsaway, and all beyond that dip is cut off from usby the solid body of the Earth. On a flat plain, or… … r-^-j
Astronomy
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