 ... its surface. It may therefore be concluded, that the heat of the earth above the zone of uniform temperature is entirely owing to the sun. The power of the solar rays depends much upon the manner in which they fall, as we readily perceive from the...  A compendium of modern geography - Page 392by Alexander Stewart - 1850 - 443 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Astronomy - 1824 - 224 pages
...days and nights, and of the different seasons. 20. Owing to the elliptical orbit of the earth, we are three millions of miles nearer to the sun in winter than in summer. 21. The heat of summer depends on the greater perpendicularity of the rays of the sun, and upon the... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Physics - 1832 - 286 pages
...greatest and least distances from the sun, is about three millions of miles, the earth being about three millions of miles nearer to the sun in winter than in summer. 2t The reason why it is warmer in summer than in winter, notwithstanding the earth is further from... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1838 - 266 pages
...result of the same cause, is affected in the same manner as that of the earth. 866. The earth is about three millions of miles nearer to the sun in winter than in summer. 807. The heat of summer, therefore, cannot be caused by the near approach of the earth to the sun.... | |
 | Mary Somerville - Physical sciences - 1846 - 506 pages
...which they fall, as we readily perceive from the different climates on our globe. The earth is about three millions of miles nearer to the sun in winter than in summer, but the rays strike the northern hemisphere more obliquely in winter than in the other half of the... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1846 - 650 pages
...will at once point out to the mariner when he may expect a high spring-tide. The earth is nearly five millions of miles nearer to the sun in winter than in summer, and his influence in raising the tides is then somewhat greater than in summer. The range of the tide... | |
 | 1846 - 648 pages
...will at once point out to the mariner when he may expect a high spring- tide. The earth is nearly five millions of miles nearer to the sun in winter than in summer, and his influence in raising the tides is then somewhat greater than in summer.. The range of the tide... | |
 | Mary Somerville - Physical sciences - 1849 - 568 pages
...which they fall, as we readily perceive, from the different climates on our globe. The earth is about three millions of miles nearer to the sun in winter than in summer; but the rays strike the northern hemisphere more obliquely in winter than in the other half of the... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1849 - 418 pages
...result of the same cause, is affected in the same manner as that of the earth. 319. The earth is about three millions of miles nearer to the sun in winter than in summer. What is said of the motion of the heavenly bodies from perihelion to aphelion ? What is their motion... | |
 | Hugo Reid - 1850 - 156 pages
...way above the horizon, after which his elevation again increases. 584. Although the earth is about three millions of miles nearer to the sun in winter...his influence in imparting heat, for as much heat is lost by our more rapid motion in winter, as is gained by our greater proximity to the sun ; and vice... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Physics - 1850 - 408 pages
...result of the same cause, is affected in the same manner as that of the earth. 319. The earth is about three millions of miles nearer to the sun in winter than in summer. What is said of the motion of the heavenly bodies from perihelion to aphelion? What is their motion... | |
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