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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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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