 | George Adams - Astronomy - 1766 - 306 pages
...the. two poles of the globe ; and is fo called, becaufe when the fun appears to pafs vertically over this circle, the days and nights are of an equal length to all the inhabitants of the earth. 45* The plane of the equator pafles through the middle of the globe at right angles to the polar-axis.... | |
 | George Adams - 1777 - 460 pages
...the two poles of the globe ; and is fo called, becaufe when the fun appears to pafs vertically over this circle, the days and nights are of an equal length to all the inhabitants of the earth. 123. The plane of the equator pafles through the middle of the globe at right angles to the polar axis.... | |
 | W. M. Buchanan - Science - 1846 - 768 pages
...dividing it into two hemispheres, the northern and southern. It is called the equator, because when the sun is in this circle the days and nights are of equal length in all parts of the world. For this reason the celestial equator is also called the equinoctial... | |
 | Edward SHELTON (Miscellaneous Writer.) - English language - 1862 - 380 pages
...dividing it into two hemispheres, the northern and southern. It is called the equator, because when the sun is in this circle the days and nights are of equal duration in all parts of the world. From this circle the latitude of places, whether north or... | |
 | Edward J. Shelton - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 404 pages
...dividing it into two hemispheres, the northern and southern. It is called the equator, because when the sun is in this circle the days and nights are of equal duration in all parts of the world. From this circle the latitude of places, whether north or... | |
 | All - 1874 - 422 pages
...dividing it into two hemispheres, the northern and southern. It is called the equator, because when the sun is in this circle the days and nights are of equal duration in all parts of the world. From this circle the latitude of places, whether north or... | |
 | W. M. Buchanan - Science - 1884 - 858 pages
...dividing ft Into two hemispheres, the northern and southern. It is culled the equator, because when the sun Is in this circle the days and nights are of equal length In all pans of the world. For this reason the celestial equator is also called the eifuiiMftiat... | |
 | English language - 1922 - 684 pages
...dividing it into two hemispheres, the northern and southern. It is called the equator, because when the sun is in this circle the days and nights are of equal duration in all parts of the world. From this circle the latitude of places, whether north or... | |
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Equator, e-kwaytur (Latin, œqueo, to divide equally). A great circle of the sphere, equally distant from the two poles of the world, and dividing it into two hemispheres, the northern and southern. It is called the equator, because when the sun is in... 