Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 36
the supposition that the earth isturning in the direction of the arrow, the sun would come to themeridian, or this line, much later than the star, and would appearamong the stars at C. To explain the motions of Mercury, and COPERNICAN SYSTEM. 33 Venus, Copernicus supposed them to be revolving… … \ A Y Let S be the sun, E the earth, and V, Venus. In the situationrepresented in the diagram Venus would appear among the starsat A, the sun being at B. In this case, supposing the earth toturn on its axis in the direction of the arrow, the sun would cometo the meridian or overhead, to an observer…
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![An illustration from Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI : Habes in hoc opere iam recens nato, & aedito, studiose lector, motus stellarum, tam fixarum, quàm erraticarum, cum ex ueteribus, tum etiam ex recentibus obseruationibus restitutos: & nouis insuper ac admirabilibus hypothesibus ornatos. Habes etiam tabulas expeditissimas, ex quibus eosdem ad quoduis tempus quàm facillime caculare poteris. Igitur eme, lege, fruere. [Line in Greek] (1543)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nicolaicopernici00cope-282-187.webp)
