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A Compendium of Astronomy; Containing the Elements of the Science, Familiarly Explained and Illustrated, Adapted to the Use of High Schools and Academies, and of the General Reader

A Compendium of Astronomy; Containing the Elements of the Science, Familiarly Explained and Illustrated, Adapted to the Use of High Schools and Academies, and of the General Reader


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ... is always directly opposite to the sun, if the sun is at one of the nodes, the shadow must extend in the direction of the other node, so as to lie directly across the moon's path, and if the moon overtakes it there, she will pass through it and be eclipsed. Thus in figure 34, let BN represent the sun's path, and AN the moon's, N being the place of the node; then it is evident that if the two luminaries at new moon be so far from the node, that the distance between their centers is greater than their semi-diameters, no eclipse can happen; but if that distance is less than this sum as at E, F, then an eclipse will take place, but if the position be as at C, D, the two bodies will just touch one another. If A denote the earth's shadow instead of the sun, the same illustration will apply to an eclipse of the moon. 175. Since bodies are defined to be in conjunction when they are in the same part of the heavens, and to be in opposition when they are in opposite parts of the heavens, it may not appear how the sun and moon can be in conjunction as at A and B, when they are still at some distance from each other. But it must be recollected that bodies are in conjunction when they have the same longitude, in which case they are both situated in the same great circle perpendicular to the ecliptic, that is, in the same secondary to the ecliptic. One of the bodies may be much farther from the ecliptic than the other; still, if the same secondary to the ecliptic passes through them both, they will be in conjunction or opposition. 176. In a total eclipse of the moon, its disk is still visible, shining with a dull red light. This light cannot be derived directly from the sun, since the view of the sun is completely hidden from the moon; nor by reflexion from the earth, si...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781235939297
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 86
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1235939294
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 168 gr


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