 | George Grote - 1880 - 706 pages
...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 pages
...: 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 pages
...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 the... | |
 | John Partridge - 1690 - 612 pages
...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...when the moon is in conjunction with the sun, or at new moon. On the contrary an eclipse of the Moon is caused by its entering into the earth's shadow,... | |
 | 1861 - 322 pages
...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 moon, as then... | |
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An eclipse is a partial, or total privation of the light of the sun or moon. An eclipse of the sun is caused by the interposition of the moon between the earth and the sun, and consequently must happen when the inoon is in conjunction with the sun, or... 
