 | L. Ring - 1831 - 200 páginas
...and the sun. Eclipse of the Moon — Is occasioned by the earth passing between the sun and the moon. Emersion. — When the sun, moon, or star, begins to appear after an eclipse. Epact. — The eleven lunar days which the solar year contains more than the lunar one. Elongation. — The greatest distance... | |
 | Richmal Mangnall - 1856 - 406 páginas
...luminaries the whole disk is obscured ; in a partial eclipse only one, or more parts, called digits. Emersion. When the sun, moon, or star begins to appear after an eclipse. JSpact. The eleven days which the solar year contains more than the lunar one. Elongation. The greatest... | |
 | Richmal Mangnall - 1859 - 600 páginas
...luminaries the whole disk is obscured : in a partial eclipse only one or more parts, called digits. Emersion. When the sun, moon, or star, begins to appear...The appearance of a planet as seen from the earth. Heliocentric Motion. The motion which a planet would appear to have if seen from the sun. Halo. A circle... | |
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The face of the sun or moon as it appears to us upon the earth. Digit. One twelfth part of the sun or moon's surface. In a total eclipse of these luminaries the whole disk is obscured : in a partial eclipse only one or more parts, called digits. Emersion.... 