Westfield on the moon…
It is said the diameter of the moon is about 2,160 miles, and that of the earth about 8,000. It is also stated that the moon’s motion round the earth works out 3.t about thirty-seven miles per minute, while in its journey round the sun the earth travels along at about 1,080 miles per minute. Now supposing the shadow cast by the earth on the moon is equal to half its (the earth’s) diameter—4,000 mQes is an outside estimate, as the shadow would tend to converge. And if these figures, given by astronomers of the earth’s and moon’s motion are correct, readers wiU see it is impossible for an eclipse to last in the moon for more than seven minutes, although eclipses have been known to last for over four hours, so that this shows the eclipse cannot possibly be caused by the shadow of the earth’s rotation.
