...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...

...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...

...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 ;...

...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...

...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...

...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...