Howe, Herbert A. (Herbert Alonzo), 1858-1926 · Meadville, Penna., Flood and Vincent · leaf 230
he Moon and Eclipses, 223 shadows turn and lengthen ; the glowing sun sinksbeneath the horizon, and the dread chill of the longlunar night comes on. The moon is of service to man in many ways. Itslight relieves the darkness of the night, and this adds tohis safety and happiness. As it moves across… … Fig. 105.—A Rugged Region near Tycho. is not known accurately. For the Nautical Almanacgives the distance of the moon from certain bright starsat given Greenwich times, each day of the year. Themariner measures one or more of these distances with asextant, and thus determines the true Greenwich…
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