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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 500

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THE SUNLIGHT REFLECTED BY THE EARTH TO THE MOON. This is the familiar old moon in the newmoons arms seen every new moon. The cres- … DIAGRAM SHOWING WHY THE BRIGHT PART OF THE MOONASSUMES THE DIFFERENT FORMS AND HOW THELIGHT IS REFLECTED FROM THE EARTH TOILLUMINE THE PART IN SHADOW.The eight positions of the moon along the white line show how onehalf is always illuminated by the light from the sun, which comes inthe direction of…

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