Note N. 96 — SECTION IV.
Reading edition
Note 96, p. 31. Conjunction. Let S be the sun, fig. 24, E the earth, and J O Jʹ Cʹ the orbit of Jupiter. Then the eclipses which happen when Jupiter is in O are seen 16m 26s sooner than those which take place when the planet is in C. Jupiter is in conjunction when at C, and in opposition when in O.