Parallax. Diagram of planetary parallax showing the apparent difference in the position of a body when measured from two different positions on Earth. Used to measure the distance of a body. From "The Beauty of the Heavens" by Charles F Blount (London, 1845). Coloured lithograph.

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Keywords: 19th, astronomy, century, duagram, engraving, mathematics, movement, planets, position, scheme, stars