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Page 114
... 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 .
... 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
... rising at 6 A. M. and setting at 6 P. M. , exactly in the east and west where the equinoctial intersects the horizon . X. The earth at the Winter Solstice . - The sun after passing the equinoctial— “ crossing the line , " as it is ...
... rising at 6 A. M. and setting at 6 P. M. , exactly in the east and west where the equinoctial intersects the horizon . X. The earth at the Winter Solstice . - The sun after passing the equinoctial— “ crossing the line , " as it is ...
Page 119
... rising , until , on the 21st of June , it is twenty - three degrees and twenty - eight minutes above the horizon , a little more than one - fourth of the distance to the zenith . This is the highest point it ever reaches . From this ...
... rising , until , on the 21st of June , it is twenty - three degrees and twenty - eight minutes above the horizon , a little more than one - fourth of the distance to the zenith . This is the highest point it ever reaches . From this ...
Page 148
... rising is 17 minutes - the greatest is 1 hour , 16 minutes . In the figure , S represents the sun , E the earth , M the moon ; CF the moon's path around the earth when the solstitial points are in the horizon - ED when the equinoxes are ...
... rising is 17 minutes - the greatest is 1 hour , 16 minutes . In the figure , S represents the sun , E the earth , M the moon ; CF the moon's path around the earth when the solstitial points are in the horizon - ED when the equinoxes are ...
Page 167
... rising not higher than a foot ; but where the wave breaks on the shore , or is forced up into bays or narrow channels , it is very conspicuous . The difference between ebb and flood neap - tide at New York is over three feet , and that ...
... rising not higher than a foot ; but where the wave breaks on the shore , or is forced up into bays or narrow channels , it is very conspicuous . The difference between ebb and flood neap - tide at New York is over three feet , and that ...
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