Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925, Lockyer, Winifred James, Mrs., d. 1879 · New York, C. Scribner & co. · leaf 176
r light from the Sun. When I say that these phaseswere for the first time seen in the month of September, 1610,you must not conclude that they did not exist before thatepoch, but you must understand, that before that year no onehad turned the telescope to the planet, and that with thenaked eye,… … Fig 30. Inequalities of the crescent of Venus and to give himself time to continue his observations and to per-fect them. He finished a letter with this phrase : * Hsecimma-tura a me jam frustra leguntur, d. y.* which means, * Thesethings unripened and as yet hidden to others, are at lengthread by…
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