 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1842 - 344 pages
...finished without a remainder. Hut this iit-ver happens ; for if both the Sun and Moon should start from a line of conjunction with either of the nodes in any point of the ecliptic, the Sun would perform 18 annual revolutions and 222° of another, while ihe Moon would perform k30 lunations, and... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1850 - 344 pages
...remainder. Bot this never happens ; for if hoth the Son and Moon shoold start from a line of conjonction with either of the nodes in any point of the ecliptic, the Son woold perform 18 annoal revolmions and 222^ of another, while the Moon woold perform 230 lonations,... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - Astronomy - 1873 - 360 pages
...without a remainder. But this never happens; for if both the Sun and Moon should start from a line cf conjunction with either of the nodes in any point of the ecliptic, the Sun would perform 18 annua. revolutions and 222° of another, while the Moon would perform 230 lunations, and... | |
 | Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - 1874 - 374 pages
...were finished without a remainder. But this never happens; for if both the Sun and Moon should start from a line of conjunction with either of the nodes In any point of the ecliptic, the Sun would perform 18 annual revolutions and 222" of another, while the Moon would perform 230 lunations, and... | |
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... 225 days; in which time there would always be a regular period of eclipses, if any complete number of lunations were finished without a fraction. But this never happens ; for if both the Sun and Moon should start from a line of conjunction with either... 
