 | John Ewing - 1809 - 672 pages
...above their true positions, near 34 minutes. ECLIPSES OF THE SUN. ECLIPSES of the sun are occasioned by the interposition of the moon between him and the earth, and therefore he can never be eclipsed but at the change of the moon, when both luminaries are in the same... | |
 | Samuel Vince - 1811 - 260 pages
...longitude from as the times at which the umbra touches any of the spots. On Eclipses of the Sun. 310. An eclipse of the sun is caused by the interposition of the moon between the sun and spectator, or by the shadow of the moon falling on the earth at the place of the observer.... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - 1814 - 378 pages
...earth's shadow ; and consequently, it must happen at the full moon, or when it is opposite to the sun. An eclipse of the sun is caused by the interposition of the moon between the ea--th and sun, and, of course, must happen when the moon is in conjunction with the sun, or at... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - 1814 - 696 pages
...moon, or when she is in opposition to the sun, as the shadow of the earth must lie opposite to the sun. 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... | |
 | Samuel Vince - 1814 - 602 pages
...shadow, and consequently it must happen when the moon is in opposition to the sun, or at the full moon. 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... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - 1818 - 384 pages
...earth's shadow ; and consequently, it must happen at the/u// moon, or when it is opposite to the sun. An eclipse of the sun is caused by the interposition of the moon between the earth and sun, and, of course, must happen when the moon is in conjunction with the sun, or at... | |
 | Samuel Vince - 1820 - 472 pages
...longitude from, as the times at which the umbra touches any of the spots. On Eclipses of the Sun: (310.) An eclipse of the sun is caused by the interposition of the moon between the sun and spectator, or by the shadow of the moon falling on the earth at the place of the observer.... | |
 | Edward Bruce (bookseller.) - 1821 - 418 pages
...or when it is in opposition to the sun, as the shadow of the earth must lie opposite to the sun.— An eclipse of the sun is caused by the interposition of the moon between the earth and the sun : and therefore it must happen when the moon is in conjunction with the sun,... | |
 | Robert Woodhouse - 1821 - 1068 pages
...as four or five leap years happen in the interval of 223 lunations. CHAP. XXXVI. On Solar Eclipses. AN eclipse of the Sun, is caused by the interposition of the Moon between the Sun and Earth ; in consequence thereof, the whole, or part of the Sun's light is prevented from... | |
 | Robert Woodhouse - 1821 - 922 pages
...as four or five leap years happen in the interval of 223 lunations. CHAP. XXXVI. On Solar Eclipses. AN eclipse of the Sun, is caused by the interposition of the Moon between the Sun and Earth ; in consequence thereof, the whole, or part of the Sun's light is prevented from... | |
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An eclipse of the sun is caused by the interposition of the moon between the earth and... 
