6, 7, 8, &c, to 12, and1,-2, 3, &c, to 7, the hours of the day on the elliptic curve.That is, our supposed observer at the moon would see Boston Explanation ii-i -i • i t» n i of the hours (or any other place in the same latitude as Boston), at theround the el- point 9, when it is 9 oclock… … 293 Chap. V. 294 ASTRONOMY. chap. v. As this curve touches the disc before 5, and after 7, itshows that, in that latitude, on the day in question, the sunwill rise before 5 in the morning, and set after 7 in the even-ing. If the declination of the sun had been as much south asnow north, the point,…
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