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Pagina 152
... lunar eclipses . In the infant state of science , among all nations , they seem rather to have been regarded as the indication of the wrath of an offended Deity , than as the result of the operation of the immutable laws of nature ...
... lunar eclipses . In the infant state of science , among all nations , they seem rather to have been regarded as the indication of the wrath of an offended Deity , than as the result of the operation of the immutable laws of nature ...
Pagina 153
... lunar eclipse . The first recorded eclipses , so far as yet known , are those of the moon , and they were observed ... lunar eclipses ; and , after this was done , they could not be calculated until solar and lunar tables of the ...
... lunar eclipse . The first recorded eclipses , so far as yet known , are those of the moon , and they were observed ... lunar eclipses ; and , after this was done , they could not be calculated until solar and lunar tables of the ...
Pagina 154
... lunar orbit . It has been found , by calculation , that for a solar eclipse to be possible , the distance of the centres of the sun and moon from the moon's node , must not exceed 18 ° 36 ' ; and the greatest possible distance between ...
... lunar orbit . It has been found , by calculation , that for a solar eclipse to be possible , the distance of the centres of the sun and moon from the moon's node , must not exceed 18 ° 36 ' ; and the greatest possible distance between ...
Pagina 155
... lunar , or three solar and four lunar . The average number of eclipses is four . Although it is usually stated that , in any given long period , the number of solar eclipses exceeds the number of lunar , yet , if we take into ...
... lunar , or three solar and four lunar . The average number of eclipses is four . Although it is usually stated that , in any given long period , the number of solar eclipses exceeds the number of lunar , yet , if we take into ...
Pagina 156
... lunar tables . They are very important , also , and especially eclipses of the sun , for the determination of terrestrial longitude . Eclipses are also of the first importance in the science of chronology , for the pur- pose of fixing ...
... lunar tables . They are very important , also , and especially eclipses of the sun , for the determination of terrestrial longitude . Eclipses are also of the first importance in the science of chronology , for the pur- pose of fixing ...
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