... forth. Whether our satellite be new or full, at first quarter or at last, whether it be high in the heavens or low near the horizon, whether it be in process of eclipse by the sun, or whether the ... attendant. The small globe shows the moon, while the larger globe represents the earth. When we measure the actual diameters of the two globes, we find that of the earth to be 7,918 miles and of the ... which[Pg 71] the tides seem to have played in the early history of our earth. Who is there that has not watched, with admiration, the beautiful series of changes through which the moon passes...