| Thomas Keith - Astronomy - 1811 - 388 pages
...the Tropic of Capricorn. The Tropics are the limits of the torrid zone, northward and southward. 16. The POLAR CIRCLES are two small circles, parallel to the equator, at the distance of 66° 32' from it, or 23° 28' from each pole. The northern is called the arctic, the southern the antarctic... | |
| John Lathrop - Astronomy - 1812 - 218 pages
...unequal parts. 63. The tropics are two small circles parallel to the equator at the distance of 23° 28' from it ; the northern, is called the tropic of cancer, and the southern, the tropic of Capricorn. — [Fig. 2.] 64. The tropics are the limits of the torrid zone. 65. The polar circles are small circles... | |
| John Lathrop - Astronomy - 1821 - 206 pages
...unequal parts. 63. The tropics are two small circles parallel to the equator at the distance of 23° 28' from it; the northern is called the tropic of cancer, and the southern, the tropic of capricorn.—[Fig. 2.] 65. The polar circles are small circles parallel to the equator, at the distance... | |
| James M'Intire - Globes - 1823 - 232 pages
...the difference, is marked by the sign — . rallel to the equator, and at the distance of 23° 28' from it. The northern is called the tropic of Cancer, and the southern, the tropic of Capricorn. 19. The Polar Circles are two small circles, parallel to the equator, and at the distance of 23° 28'... | |
| S. Treeby - Astronomy - 1826 - 244 pages
...each side of the equator, are drawn two small circles, which are called tropical circles, or tropics. The northern is called the tropic of Cancer, and the southern the tropic of Capricorn. Obs. — These circles divide the globe into five zones. 1. The North Frigid Zone, included between... | |
| James Ryan - Astronomy - 1827 - 408 pages
...latitude, &c. 3. The tropics are two small circles parallel to the equator at the distance of 23° 28' from it ; the northern is called the tropic of Cancer, and the southern the tropic of Capricorn. Two planes are parallel when, being produced ever so far, they do not meet. 4. The polar circles are... | |
| James Charlton - Geography - 1829 - 250 pages
...the globe. 39. The TROPICS are two less circles, parallel to the equator, at the distance of 23° 28' from it. The northern is called the Tropic of Cancer ; and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn. • 40. The POLAR CIRCLES are two less circles, parallel to the equator, and at the same distance from... | |
| sir Richard Phillips - 1834 - 248 pages
...are two small circles parallel to the equator (or equinoctial), and each distant from it 23° 28' ; the northern is called the Tropic of Cancer, and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn. which surrounds the North Pole is called the arctic, and that comprehending the South Pole the antarctic... | |
| Thomas Spofford - Almanacs, American - 1835 - 84 pages
...continued beyond the triangle, is immaterial. Tropics; two small circles parallel to the equator, 23° 28' from it : the northern is called the tropic of Cancer, and the southern, the tropic of Capricorn. They arc the limits of the sun's dei'lination, and include the torrid zone, about 47C broad. The name... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Edmands - Geography - 1841 - 88 pages
...See fig. 3. The TROPICS are two circles parallel to the equator, at about 23 degrees and 28 minutes from it. The northern is called, the Tropic of Cancer; and the southern, the Tropic of Capricorn. See fig. 2. The POLAR CIRCLES are drawn at 23 degrees and 28 minutes from the poles. The northern,... | |
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