 | Astronomy - 1866 - 360 pages
...the horizon. On tho list of June it is 23° 38' above the horizon — a little more than onefourth of the distance to the zenith, the highest point that...course of three months it worms its way down to the horizon, which it reaches on the 23rd of September. On this day it slowly sweeps around the sky, with... | |
 | America - 1867 - 356 pages
...the horizon. On the 21st of June it is 23° 28' above the horizon — a little more than one-fourth of the distance to the zenith, the highest point that...course of three months it worms its way down to the horizon, which it reaches on the 23d of September. On this day it slowly sweeps around the sky, with... | |
 | J. DISTURNELI - 1867 - 344 pages
...the horizon. On the 21st of June it is 23° 28' above the horizon — a little more than one-fourth of the distance to the zenith, the highest point that...course of three months it worms its way down to the horizon, which it reaches on the 23d of September. On this .day it slowly sweeps around the sky, with... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1867 - 400 pages
...above the horizon, — a little more than one-fourth of the distance to the zenith, the highest point it ever reaches. From this altitude it slowly descends,...course of three months it worms its way down to the horizon, which it reaches on the 23d of September. On this day it slowly sweeps around the sky, with... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1867 - 400 pages
...above the horizon, — a little more than one-fourth of the distance to the zenith, the highest point it ever reaches. From this altitude it slowly descends,...course of three months it worms its way down to the horizon, which it reaches on the 23d of September. On this day it slowly sweeps around the sky, with... | |
 | Education - 1868 - 604 pages
...above the horizon, — a little more than one-fourth of the distance to the zenith, the highest point it ever reaches. From this altitude it slowly descends,...course of three months it worms its way down to the horizon, which it reaches on the 23d of September. On this day it slowly sweeps around the sky, with... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - Astronomy - 1874 - 424 pages
...the horizon, a little more than one-fourth of the distance to the zenith. This is the highest point it ever reaches. From this altitude it slowly descends,...course of three months it worms its way down to the horizon, which it reaches on the 22d of September. On this day it slowly sweeps around the sky, with... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - Astronomy - 1874 - 340 pages
...the horizon, a little more than one-fourth of the distance to the zenith. This is the highest point it ever reaches. From this altitude it slowly descends,...course of three months it worms its way down to the horizon, which it reaches on the 22d of September. On this day it slowly sweeps around the sky, with... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - Astronomy - 1876 - 348 pages
...the horizon, a little more than one-fourth of the distance to the zenith. This is the highest point it ever reaches. From this altitude it slowly descends,...course of three months it worms its way down to the horizon, which it reaches on the 22d of September. On this day it slowly sweeps around the sky, with... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele - Astronomy - 1884 - 358 pages
...the horizon, a little more than one-fourth of the distance to the zenith. This is the highest point it ever reaches. From this altitude, it slowly descends,...course of three months it worms its way down to the horizon, which it reaches on the 22nd of September. On this day it slowly sweej.a around the sky, with... | |
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... of September. On this day it slowly sweeps around the sky, with its face half hidden below the icy sea. It still continues to descend ; and, after it has entirely disappeared, it is still so near the horizon that it carries a bright twilight around... 