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XV. Astronomy: 889.
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XV. Astronomy: 889.

XV. Astronomy: 889.

889.

WHY THE SUN APPEARS LARGER WHEN SETTING THAN AT NOON, WHEN IT IS NEAR TO US.

Every object seen through a curved medium seems to be of larger size than it is.

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Footnotes
  1. 153:464

    : At A is written sole (the sun), at B terra (the earth).

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