| James Austin Bastow - 1859 - 772 pagina’s
...mind ; and that deliverance from it is the greatest of all good, as well as the highest duty. ECLIPSE. An eclipse of the sun is caused by the interposition of the new moon between the earth and the sun, thus intercepting the sun's light from the earth either totally... | |
| 1861 - 312 pagina’s
...the full moon, the conjunction of the Earth's shadow and the Moon must happen at the same time ; and an Eclipse of the Sun is caused by the interposition of the Moon between the Earth and the Sun, and the conjunction of the Sun and Moon in like manner must happen at the new... | |
| William Thomas READ - 1862 - 144 pagina’s
...are total when the whole of the eclipsed body is covered, and partial when only a part is covered. 7. An eclipse of the Sun is caused by the interposition of the Moon between the Earth and that body. 8. If the eclipse be total, then the apex or point of the shadow must fall... | |
| Elias Loomis - 1870 - 274 pagina’s
...rigorously true. CHAPTER IX. ECLIPSES OF THE MOON. — ECLIPSES OF THE SUN. 213. Cause of Eclipses. — An eclipse of the sun is caused by the interposition of the moon between the sun and the earth. It can therefore only occur when the moon is in conjunction with the sun —... | |
| George Grote - 1872 - 508 pagina’s
...that it cotild 30-p. 89, a. 10. not be otherwise. To the philosopher Ibid. p. 89, a. 11-b. 6. Thai eclipse of the sun is caused by the interposition of the moon was to the astronomer Hipparchus scientilic Kpikurus it was Opinion ; for he thought that it might... | |
| George Grote - 1872 - 518 pagina’s
...to a close.0 " Analyt. Post. I. xxxiii. p. 88, b. 30-p. 89, a. 10. " Ibid. p. 89, a. 11-b. 6. That eclipse of the sun is caused by the interposition of the moon was to the astronomer Hipparchus scientific Cognition ; for he saw that it coiiU not be otherwise.... | |
| George Grote - 1880 - 706 pagina’s
...to a close.0 • Analyt. Post. I. xxxiii. p. 88, b. 30p. 89, a. 10. " Ibid. p. 89, a. 11-b. 6. That eclipse of the sun is caused by the interposition of the moon was to the astronomer Hipparchus scientific Cognition ; fur he saw that it could not bo otherwise.... | |
| Herbert Alonzo Howe - 1897 - 390 pagina’s
...: Shape of the Shadow. — An eclipse of the moon occurs when it is in the shadow of the earth; one of the sun is caused by the interposition of the moon between it and us. In order to understand them, we must study the shape of the shadow cast by the earth or... | |
| George W. Parker - 1902 - 270 pagina’s
...must happen if the moon is at one of its nodes and full at the same time. 139. Solar Eclipses. — An eclipse of the sun is caused by the interposition of the moon between the sun and the observer. As in the case of a lunar eclipse the moon must be nearly in the plane of... | |
| John Partridge - 1690 - 610 pagina’s
...Pole. For the information of those who are not conversant in astronomy, it may be proper to remark that an eclipse of the Sun is caused by the interposition of the moon between the earth and sun, and therefore it must happen when the moon is in conjunction with the sun, or at... | |
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