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Page 114
... day rising and setting a trifle further toward the south , passes through a lower circuit in the heavens . We reach the autumnal equinox the 22d of Sep- tember . The sun . being now on the equinoctial 114 THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
... day rising and setting a trifle further toward the south , passes through a lower circuit in the heavens . We reach the autumnal equinox the 22d of Sep- tember . The sun . being now on the equinoctial 114 THE SOLAR SYSTEM .
Page 115
... equinoctial intersects the horizon . X. The earth at the Winter Solstice . - The sun after passing the equinoctial- " crossing the line , ” as it is called - sinks lower toward the southern ho- rizon each day . We reach the winter ...
... equinoctial intersects the horizon . X. The earth at the Winter Solstice . - The sun after passing the equinoctial- " crossing the line , ” as it is called - sinks lower toward the southern ho- rizon each day . We reach the winter ...
Page 116
... equinoctial , at the vernal equinox . He is overhead at the equator , and the days and nights are again equal . It is our spring , but in the south temperate zone it is autumn . XII . The yearly path finished . - The earth moves on in ...
... equinoctial , at the vernal equinox . He is overhead at the equator , and the days and nights are again equal . It is our spring , but in the south temperate zone it is autumn . XII . The yearly path finished . - The earth moves on in ...
Page 119
... , and his annual course is completed . " XIX . Results , if the axis of the earth were perpen- dicular to the ecliptic . - The sun would then always 火 appear to move through the equinoctial . He would THE EARTH . 119.
... , and his annual course is completed . " XIX . Results , if the axis of the earth were perpen- dicular to the ecliptic . - The sun would then always 火 appear to move through the equinoctial . He would THE EARTH . 119.
Page 120
Joel Dorman Steele. 火 appear to move through the equinoctial . He would rise and set every day at the same points on the horizon , and pass through the same circle in the heavens , while the days and nights would be equal the year round ...
Joel Dorman Steele. 火 appear to move through the equinoctial . He would rise and set every day at the same points on the horizon , and pass through the same circle in the heavens , while the days and nights would be equal the year round ...
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ancients Andromeda angle aphelion appear Aries astronomers atmosphere axis Boötes bright brilliant Canis Minor Capricornus Cassiopeia cause Celestial Sphere centre Cepheus circle color comet conjunction constellation Cor Caroli dark density Describe diameter disk earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars full moon globe heat heavenly bodies heavens Hercules Herschel horizon inclined inferior conjunction inferior planet Jupiter latitude length light luminous lunar Lyra magnitude Mars mean distance Mercury meridian meteors miles moon's motion move naked eye nearly nebula Neptune night node north pole Orion parallax pass path penumbra perihelion Perseus Pisces polar Polaris precession rays revolve ring rising Saturn seasons seen shine side sidereal sidereal day solar day solar system solstice space spots summer sun's surface synodic revolution tance Taurus telescope theory tion Uranus Ursa Major Ursa Minor varies velocity Venus vernal equinox visible winter Zodiac