... of the room Well, then, the room is the heavens, the table is the earth, and the moon is yourself." And they would go away delighted So, then the moon displays invariably the same face to the earth; ... necessary to take into account the deviation which the rotary motion of 19 the earth will impart to the shot, and as the shot cannot reach the moon until after a deviation equal to 16 radii of the earth, ... phenomenon known as the "ashy light," it is explained naturally by the effect of the transmission of the solar rays from the earth to the moon, which give the appearance of completeness to the lunar disc,...