Chambers, George F. (George Frederick), 1841-1915 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 19
st breadth of the annulus cannever exceed i^ minutes of arc, an annular eclipse maysometimes, in some part of its track, become almost orquite total, and vice versd. * Latin Annulus, a ring. l6 THE STORY OF ECLIPSES. The idea will naturally suggest itself, What exactlydoes happen to the inhabitants… … FiG. 5.—Partial eclipse of the Sun. habitants outside the central Hne but within 1000 to 2000miles on either side, will see a larger or smaller part ofthe Sun concealed by the Moons solid body, simultane-ously with the total concealment of the Sun to the favouredindividuals who live, or who for the…
Eclipses
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