Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Science, Grade 3
... moon's appearance changes as it completes its orbit. It appears to grow bigger and smaller. First, there is a new moon. The new moon is small. It grows into a first quarter moon. Then it gets even bigger. It grows into a full moon. The ...
Considerations on the Established Doctrines Concerning the Moon's Rotation: the Sidereal Day and the Sidereal Month
... moon's axis , as their centre of revolution . This is the inevitable consequence of the - doctrine of the moon's rotation ; but such a revolution is im- possible , and the supposition is absurd : therefore , as the moon keeps the same ...
Structure of the Moon's Surface
... Moon . The reflected sunlight from the Moon is contained mostly in the band 0.3 μ – 5.0 μ , whilst the planetary heat reaches us mainly in the 8-14 μ band . The absorptions between 2 u and 8 μ are due mainly to atmospheric water vapour ...
The Moon
Climb Aboard! Explore how the moon was formed! Learn about eclipses, the moon's atmosphere, and the effects of its gravitational pull on Earth! Meet key Russian and American astronauts and their contributions to lunar exploration!
A German-English dictionary
... moon- , moon's , of the moon ; seleno- . Poet . Monden , Mondes .. mõnd'äugig adj . moon - eyed . Mōnd'bahn f . moon's orbit . Mind'beschreibung f . selenography . Mōnd'blick m . momentary appearance of the Mond'blume f . yucca ...
Mysteries of the Dark Moon
... moon to the life cycle of a plant. The new moon corresponds to the germinating of the seed be- neath the ground, when the vital force of the plant breaks through the seed casing. With the moon's increasing light, the first tender shoots ...
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
... moon upon the weather pretend to have also observed the distinctive individual influences of the phases known as octants . In general the opinion is very widespread that the decreas- ing moon exercises a weak and the increasing moon a ...
Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine
... moon , " but theory or any other hypothesis has been generally adopted . A globe insulated from all external influence is assumed to acquire its form through three balanced forces , namely , the cohesion of its par- ticles amongst ...
Publications of the Folk-lore Society
... moon's displeasure by turning head over heels immediately . Again , look at the first new moon of the year through a silk handkerchief which has never been washed . As many moons as you see through the handkerchief ( the threads ...
Mundane Or National Astrology
... Moon , i.e. , a conjunction of the luminaries , at which the Moon has little or no latitude and therefore shuts off the light of the Sun from the earth . A lunar eclipse is a Full Moon , or opposition at which the earth passes ...
Clouds & Weather Phenomena
... moon , that is , a moon that is be- tween half and full , rises before sunset when the moon is waxing , and after sunset when the moon is past full or waning . A gibbous moon has its sharp convex edge directed to the sun's position ...
Symons's Monthly Meteorological Magazine
... moon's radiant heat to be infinitesimal , and we are able to calculate so accurately the effect of the mutual attraction of the earth , sun and moon , that we can foretell the time and position of a solar eclipse many years hence with ...
Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia
... moon was in perigee or at its nearest distance to the earth , while on the 25th it was in apogee or further from the earth than at any other time during the month , and hence the moon's attraction on the 25th would be less than on the ...
Introductory Studies in Literature
... moon . Moon . This lanthorn doth the horned moon present ; - Dem . He should have worn the horns on his head . 226 The . He is no crescent , and his horns are invisible within the circumfer- ence . Moon . This lanthorn doth the ...
The Overland Monthly
... Moon exactly during the whole time of the exposure , and the longer the exposure the greater the difficulties to be overcome . With the invention of dry plates half the difficulties ... moon ) 62 [ Jan. Photographs of the Moon .
The Scottish Antiquary, Or, Northern Notes & Queries
... moon for fear of fouling the top masts with the moon . Indeed , with all their care , they made a nasty karmash ( catastrophe ) aloft one day . The course of the ship lay right under the moon ; and she was sailing fast under a squally ...
Astronomia Accurata
... Moon's greatest Variation in Octants of Da V. Mean Variation Equation of the Moon Logistical Logarithms for Correction of the 73 Table of Equation of Node and Moon's mean Anom . 97 Decimal Multipliers for greatest Difference of ...
The Oracle Encyclopaedia
... moon's disk . This can only happen when the earth is between and in the same straight line with the sun and moon , i.e. , at the time of full moon . A con- sideration of the annexed figure will make the whole quite intelligible . A B ...
Flügel-Schmidt-Tanger Wörterbuch der englischen und deutschen Sprache: Bd. Deutsch-englisch
... moon ; halber ~ , crescent ; abnehmender ~ , waning moon , wane ( of the moon ) ; zunehmender , increase of the moon ; Abnehmen ( od . Zunehmen ) des es , de- crease , or wane ( or increase ) of the moon ; der tritt in ein neues ...
Things Japanese, Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for the Use of Travellers and Others
... moon , the 15th of the 8th moon , and the 13th of the 9th moon , old calendar , which roughly correspond to dates some five or six weeks later according to our calendar , and thus include the three moons of the autumn trimester . On ...