Stars and telescopes; a hand-book of popular astronomy founded on the 9th ed. of Lynn's Celestial motions (1901)
Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939, Lynn, William Thynne, 1835-1911 · Boston, Little, Brown · leaf 118
isible only within this trail, a Total Solar Eclipses 83 region which may exceed 8,000 miles in length, butwhose average breadth near the equator is less than100 miles. Obviously, then, a total eclipse at a givenplace must be an exceedingly infrequent occurrence ;indeed, every spot on the globe is… … (1) Moons shadow cut off by earth (total solar eclipse) (2) Moons shadow does not reach earth (annular eclipse) (3) Moon in earths shadow (total lunar eclipse) (4) Moons shadow just reaches earth {total solar eclipse in middle of path, but annular at both ends) rotation of our globe is carrying the…
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