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... Sun shone brilliantly for a short interval . Crabtree at once seized his opportunity , and to his intense delight observed the planet fully entered upon the Sun's disc . Instead of proceeding to take observa- tions , he was so overcome ...
... Sun shone brilliantly for a short interval . Crabtree at once seized his opportunity , and to his intense delight observed the planet fully entered upon the Sun's disc . Instead of proceeding to take observa- tions , he was so overcome ...
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... suns would be above the horizon at the same time , and then , probably , their distinctive peculiarities would only be recog- nisable when one chanced to pass over the disc of the other , as our Moon passes over the Sun's disc in ...
... suns would be above the horizon at the same time , and then , probably , their distinctive peculiarities would only be recog- nisable when one chanced to pass over the disc of the other , as our Moon passes over the Sun's disc in ...
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... Sun's rays . The convex edge of the crescent is always turned towards the Sun. The rising of the Moon in the east and its setting in the west is an effect due to the diurnal rotation of the Earth on her axis , but the orb can be ...
... Sun's rays . The convex edge of the crescent is always turned towards the Sun. The rising of the Moon in the east and its setting in the west is an effect due to the diurnal rotation of the Earth on her axis , but the orb can be ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ASTRONOMY | 1 |
ASTRONOMY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 45 |
MILTONS ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE | 81 |
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