 | Thomas Keith - 1848 - 486 pages
...first, there will not be time for more than one more eclipse, a solar one, to take place within 365d. Hence, the greatest possible number of eclipses in a year is seven, five of the sun, and two of the moon. Although in this particular case only two eclipses are lunar, yet since there may be lunar eclipses... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - 1854 - 154 pages
...170 miles in diameter, where it intersects the Earth. The greatest number of eclipses that can happen in a year, is seven; five of the Sun, and two of the Moon. The least number is two, which must both be of the Sun. Lunar eclipses are more frequent, at... | |
 | Thomas Turner Tate - Physics - 1855 - 442 pages
...opposition or conjunction. In the course of a year there may be seven eclipses of the sun and moon, five of the sun and two of the moon, or four of the sun and three of the moon. Lunar and Solar eclipses differ very much from each other in certain respects : a lunar eclipse may... | |
 | William Hughes - Astronomical geography - 1864 - 188 pages
...tolerable accuracy. The greatest number of lunar and solar eclipses which can happen in the course of a year is seven, — five of the sun, and two of the moon : there never can be less than two eclipses of the sun every year, although there may be no eclipse... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - Astronomy - 1868 - 300 pages
...sun are more frequent than those of the moon. 187. The greatest number of eclipses that can happen in a year is seven; five of the sun and two of the moon, or four of the sun and three of the moon. The least number is two, both of which must be of the sun. a. The usual number is four, and it is rare... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - Astronomy - 1870 - 300 pages
...frequent than those of the moon. 187. The greatest number of eclipses that can happen in a year is ssven ; five of the sun and two of the moon, or four of the sun and three of the moon. The least number is two, both of which must be of the sun. a. The usual number is four, and it is rare... | |
 | Arthur Searle - Astronomy - 1874 - 492 pages
...be no eclipses of the Moon in the course of a year, and cannot be more than three. Seven eclipses, five of the Sun and two of the Moon, or four of the Sun and three of the Moon, are as many as can happen in the course of a year. But we see more eclipses of the Moon than of the... | |
 | Henry Kiddle - Astronomy - 1877 - 296 pages
...sun are more frequent than those of the moon. 187. The greatest number of eclipses that can happen in a year is seven ; five of the sun and two of the moon, or four of the sun and three of the moon. The least number is two, both of which must be of the sun. a. The usual number is four, and it is rare... | |
 | Joseph Anthony Gillet - Astronomy - 1882 - 496 pages
...eclipses that can occur in a year is seven, and the least number, two. In the former case, five may be of the sun and two of the moon, or four of the sun and three of the moon. In the latter case, both must be of the sun. VI. THE THREE GROUPS OF PLANETS. I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS... | |
 | Garrett Putman Serviss - Astronomy - 1908 - 326 pages
...below the conical shadow of the earth in the other case. The greatest number of eclipses that can occur in a year is seven, five of the sun and two of the moon; the least number is two, both of the sun. On the average four or five eclipses occur every year,... | |
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The greatest number of eclipses that can happen in a year is seven; five of the sun and two of the moon, or four of the sun and three of the moon. The least number is two, both of which must be of the sun. 
