 | Barnum Field - Geography - 1840 - 168 pages
...figure. Tides, when the Moon is in its quarters, are low, and are called neap tides. /till ECLIPSES. When the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, she intercepts his rays, and casts a shadow on the earth; the Sun is then eclipsed, while the Moon's shadow is passing over... | |
 | George Grant - Knowledge and learning - 1849 - 320 pages
...inhabitants of the moon under all the changes or phases which the moon exhibits to us. When the moon is full, she is said to be in opposition; when a new...earth, she intercepts his rays, or, in other words, Ťasts a shadow on the earth : then the sun is eclipsed, and the daylight gives place to darkness,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1859 - 396 pages
...eclipse can only take place when the sun, moon, and earth are in a straight line, or nearly so. When tho moon passes between the sun and the earth, she intercepts his rays, or in other words, easts a shadow on the earth : this is an eclipse of the sun, and it continues whilst the shadow is... | |
 | 1861 - 794 pages
...An eclipse can only take place when the sun, moon, and earth are in a straight line, or nearly so. When the moon passes between the sun and the earth,...rays, or, in other words, casts a shadow on the earth : this is an eclipse of the sun, and it continues whilst the shadow is passing over us. When, on the... | |
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... gives place to darkness, while the moon's shadow is passing over us. When, on the contrary, the earth is between the sun and the moon, it is we who intercept... 
