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" ... passes by the nodes but twice in a year, it is no wonder that we have so many new and full moons without eclipses. "
Lectures on Experimental Philosophy, Astronomy, and Chemistry: Intended ... - Page 19
by George Gregory - 1808
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A new system of chronology

James Nicolson (of Dundee.) - 1793 - 96 pages
...nodes, and i 2, the limit of lunar eclipfes, are but fmall portions ; and as the fun commonly paffes by the nodes but twice in a year, it is no wonder then that we have fo many new and full moons without eclipfes. The period of eclipfes, according to...
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The school of arts; or, an introduction to useful knowledge

John Imison - 1796 - 476 pages
...nodes, .and 12 the limit of lunar eclipfes, are but fmall portions : and as the fun commonly pafles by the nodes but twice in a year, it is no wonder that we have fo many new and full moons without eclipfes. . ." .,.;:;• v .• To illuftrate this, let A BC D be...
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Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles: And Made Easy to ...

James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1809 - 574 pages
...of the nodes, and 12, the limit of lunar eclipses, are but small portions : and as the Sun commonly passes by the nodes but twice in a year, it is no...have so many new and full Moons without eclipses. * Tliis admits of some variation : for in apogeal eclipses, the solar limit is but 16 1-2 degrees ;...
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The American Practical Lunarian: And Seaman's Guide ... To which are Annexed ...

Thomas Arnold - Marine insurance - 1822 - 1008 pages
...of the solar eclipses on either side of the nodes, and twelve, the limit of lunar eclipses, are but small portions ; and as the sun passes by the nodes...found either in one of his nodes, or near it. Suppose £ E (Plate XXIII. fig. 6.) to be a portion of the ecliptic at the distance of the moon, along which...
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Temporis calendarium; or An almanack

William Rogerson - 1828 - 482 pages
...of the nodes, and 12, the limit of lunar eclipses, are but small portions: and as the Sun commonly passes by the nodes but twice in a year, it is no...have so many new and full Moons without eclipses. — Ferguson's Astronomy. GOD SEEN IN THE CREATION. " No God ! No God!" — the simplest flower that...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 3

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 852 pages
...the nodes, and 12°, the limit of lunar eclipses, are but small portions ; and, as the sun commonly passes by the nodes but twice in a year, it is no...have so many new and full moons without eclipses. 670. To illustrate this, let A BCD, plate V. fig. 9, be the ecliptic, RSTU a circle lying in the same...
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