Note N. 142 — SECTION IX.
Reading edition
Note 142, p. 68. If fig. 1 be the moon, her polar diameter N S is the shortest; and of those in the plane of the equator, Q E q, that which points to the earth is greater than all the others.
Reading edition
Note 142, p. 68. If fig. 1 be the moon, her polar diameter N S is the shortest; and of those in the plane of the equator, Q E q, that which points to the earth is greater than all the others.