New York, Industrial Publication Company · leaf 922
path, FG, and the path but little effort will be made to secure observa- described by the Moon’s nodes, E H. It is evi- tions; still, one or two small expeditions have dent that eclipses can only occur at a limited set out for some of the “South Sea Islands.”’ ' distance each side of A and B, the… … 17° of one of her nodes at the time of New THE PLANETS.—MAY, 1883. Moon, and if this event occurs at the time of (Ali Computations are for the Latitude and perigee, a total eclipse occurs, for then the Meridian of New York City.) Moon’s umbra, which is only about el MERCURY AND JUPITER. miles long,…
Science
Internet Archive · Smithsonian Libraries · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
