| 1808 - 290 sider
...ecliptic limits are greater than the moon's ; yet we have more visible eclipses of the moon than of the sun, because eclipses of the moon are seen from all parts of that hemisphere of the earth which isnext them, and are equally great to each of those parts ; but the sun's eclipses are visible only... | |
| James Ferguson - 1809 - 574 sider
...eclipses of the Moon arc seen from all parts* thc^i of that hemisphere of the Earth which is next her, and are equally great to each of those parts ; but...visible only to that small portion of the hemisphere next him whereon the Moon's shadow falls, as thall be explained by and by at large. 332. The Moon's... | |
| John Lee Comstock - 1813 - 448 sider
...the situation of the sun, earth, and moon, as represented in the figure, this eclipse will be visible from all parts of that hemisphere of the earth which is next the moon, and that the moon's disc will be equally obscured, from whatever point it is seen. When the... | |
| 1823 - 894 sider
...of the moon are an ° seen from all parts of that hemisphere of the earth which ttr,,,¿ h next her, and are equally great to each of those parts : but...visible only to that small portion of the hemisphere next him whereon the moon's shadow falls. The moon'a orbit being elliptical, and the earth in one of... | |
| John Lee Comstock - 1831 - 312 sider
...the situation of the sun, earth, and moon, as represented in the figure, this eclipse will be visible from all parts of that hemisphere of the earth which is next the moon, and that the moon's disc will be equally obscured, from whatever point it is seen. When the... | |
| Tobias Ostrander - 1832 - 276 sider
...— (The proportions being as 17 is to 12,) yet we have more visible Eclipses of the Moon, than of the Sun.; because Eclipses of the Moon are seen from...parts of that hemisphere of the earth which is next her ; and are equally great to each of those parts ; but Eclipses of the Sun are only visible to that... | |
| Richard Phillips (sir.) - 1851
...the situation of the sun, earth, and moon, as represented in the figure, this eclipse will be visible from all parts of that hemisphere of the earth which is next the moon, and that the moon's disk will be equally obscured, from whatever point it is seen. When the... | |
| John Lee Comstock - 1854 - 418 sider
...the situation of the Sun, Earth, and Moon, as represented in the figure, this eclipse will be visible from all parts of that hemisphere of the Earth which is next the Moon, and that tjie Moon's disc will be equally obscured, from whatever point it is seen. When... | |
| John Lee Comstock - 1854 - 422 sider
...the situation of the Sun, Earth, and Moon, as represented in the figure, this eclipse will be visible from all parts of that hemisphere of the Earth which is next the Moon, and that the Moon's disc will be equally obscured, from what ever point it is seen. When... | |
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