| Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1815 - 388 pages
...in its journey to December, or when it has arrived at Cancer, the sun appears in Capricorn ; and is is vertical to that part of the earth called the tropic...is summer to those parts, and winter to us in the north-, era hemisphere. Tutor. Can you, James, now tell me why the days lengthen and shorten from the... | |
| Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1825 - 310 pages
...in its journey to December, or when it has arrived at Cancer, the sun appears in Capricorn ; and it is vertical to that part of the earth called the tropic...hemisphere have their larger parts in light, and, :if course, it is summer to those parts, and winter to us in the northern hemisphere. Tutor. Can you,... | |
| Levi Washburn Leonard - New Hampshire - 1827 - 398 pages
...in its journey to December, or when it has arrived at Cancer, the sun appears in Capricorn ; and it is vertical to that part of the earth called the tropic of Capricorn, and now the southern pole is enlighterted, and all the circles in that hemisphere have their longer parts in the light, and, of... | |
| Levi Washburn Leonard - New Hampshire - 1828 - 368 pages
...in its journey to December, or when it has arrived at Cancer, the sun appears in Capricorn ; and it is vertical to that part of the earth called the tropic...southern pole is enlightened, and all the circles in that hemisphere have their longer parts in the light, and, of course, it is summer to those parts,... | |
| Levi Washburn Leonard - Science - 1830 - 350 pages
...in its journey to December, or when it has arrived at Cancer, the sun appears in Capricorn ; and it is vertical to that part of the earth called the tropic...southern pole is enlightened, and all the circles in that hemisphere have their longer parts in the light, and, of course, it is summer to those parts,... | |
| Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1832 - 412 pages
...it has arrived at Cancer, the sun appears in Capricorn, and is vertical to the tropic of Capricorn. Now the southern pole is enlightened, and all the...that hemisphere have their larger parts in light. Of course it is summer to the southern, and winter to the northern hemisphere. For the increase and... | |
| Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1845 - 370 pages
...it has arrived at Cancer, the sun appears in Capricorn, and is vertical to the tropic of Capricorn. Now the southern pole is enlightened, and all the...on that hemisphere have their larger parts in light Of course * is summer to the southern, and winter to the northern hemisphere. For the increase and... | |
| Jeremiah Joyce - Astronomy - 1852 - 400 pages
...again equal. And following the earth in its journey to December, or when it has arrived at Cancer, the sun appears in Capricorn, and is vertical to that...from the equator to the polar circles every year? /. I will try to explain myself on the subject. Because the sun in March is vertical to the equator,... | |
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