The wonders of the heavens, being a popular view of astronomy, including a full illustration of the mechanism of the heavens; embracing the sun, moon, and stars, with descriptions of the planets, comets, fixed stars, double stars, the constellations, the galaxy, or milky-way, the zodiacal light, aurora borealis, or norhtern lights, meteors, clouds, falling stars, aërolites, &c (1837)
Bradford, Duncan. [from old catalog] · Boston, American stationers company · leaf 236
h equalto a hundred times the apparent diameter of ourmoon, and will be seen darkened about the middleby the shadow of Saturn. The figure beneath presents a view of the appear-ance which the rings and moons of Saturn willexhibit, in certain cases, about midnight, whenbeheld from a point twenty or… … There is no other planet in the solar systemwhose firmament will present such a variety ofsplendid and magnificent objects as that of Saturn.The various aspects of the seven moons, one risingabove the horizon while another is setting, and athird approaching to the meridian; one enteringinto an…
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