Excerpt from Sun Views of the Earth, or the Seasons Illustrated: Comprising Forty-Eight Views of the Earth as Supposed to Be Seen for the Sun at Differents Hours and Seasons, With Five Enlarged Sun-Views of England and a Diagram Representing the Earth's Daily Motion in the Orbit

This work is intended as an illustration of several important astronomical relations, * and especially to supply the place of the meagre and incorrect pictures which have hitherto been presented in illustration of that most important and interesting subject, the Earth's varying presentation towards the Sun. I append so much of description as is necessary to enable the student to make an intelligent use. Of the figures here presented, which are drawn with all the accuracy that could be secured by careful calculation and construction.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.