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" ... upon which the rays of the sun fall vertically at the two solstices. These limits, at which the sun appears to stop and then return in the same course, have received the name of tropics. "
An Epitome of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy with the Improved Lunar Tables - Page 51
by Janet Taylor - 1842 - 546 pages
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Spectacle de la Nature: Or Nature Display'd: Being Discourses on ..., Volume 4

Noėl Antoine Pluche - Natural history - 1766 - 430 pages
...of the Inlirument admits of that Exafinefs. That of thefe two Circles, which is towards the North, is called the Tropic of Cancer, and the other, the Tropic of Cefricorft ; of which it touches the firft Degree. TV r-- ket us E've 'he Ecliptic an Axis : This The...
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Universal geography, or A description of all the parts of the world, Volume 1

Malthe Conrad Bruun - 1822 - 696 pages
...the name of tropics, — that is, circles of return n. That which corresponds to the summer solstice, is called the tropic of Cancer, and the other, the tropic of Capricorn. Polar cu> The circles IK and ik, which circumscribe towards each pole, the part of the earth's surface...
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Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World ..., Volume 1

Conrad Malte-Brun - Atlases - 1827 - 564 pages
...the name of tropics, — that is, circles of return.* That which corresponds to the summer solstice, is called the tropic of Cancer, and the other, the tropic of Capricorn. r0Ur circlet. | The circles IK and » k, which circumscribe towards each pole, tho part of the earth's...
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First Steps to Astronomy and Geography

First steps - Astronomy - 1828 - 456 pages
...beginning of the constellation of Capricorn, the Goat, another of the signs ; for which reason one is called the Tropic of Cancer, and the other the Tropic of Capricorn. The term Solstice is derived from two Latin words, sol, the sun, and sto, to stand, or continue in the...
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Universal Geography: Or, A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New ...

Conrad Malte-Brun - Atlases - 1829 - 552 pages
...the name of tropics, — that is, circles of return.* That which corresponds to the summer solstice, is called the tropic of Cancer, and the other, the tropic of Capricorn. Polar circle«. | The circles IK and tk, which circumscribe towards each pole, the part of the earth's...
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An Elementary Treatise on Astronomy: In Four Parts. Containing a Systematic ...

William Augustus Norton - Astronomy - 1839 - 530 pages
...the equator equal to the obliquity of the ecliptic. That which is on the north side of the equator, is called the Tropic of Cancer, and the other, the Tropic of Capricorn. The tropics touch the ecliptic at the solstitial points. Let C (Fig. 4) represent the centre of the earth...
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System of universal geography, founded on the works of Malte-Brun and Balbi

System - 1842 - 894 pages
...the same course, have received the name of tropics. That which corresponds to the summer solstice, is called the tropic of Cancer, and the other, the tropic of Capricorn. The circles which circumscribe towards each pole, the part of the earth's surface deprived of the solar...
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System of Universal Geography: Founded on the Works of Malte-Brun and Balbi ...

James Laurie - Geography - 1842 - 1098 pages
...the same course, have received the name of tropics. That which corresponds to the summer solstice, is called the tropic of Cancer, and the other, the tropic of Capricorn. The circles which circumscribe towards each pole, the part of the earth's surface deprived of the solar...
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A Course of Mathematics: In Two Volumes. Composed for the Use of ..., Volume 2

Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1843 - 570 pages
...which touch the ecliptic are called the tropics; of which that in the northern equatorial hemisphere is the tropic of Cancer, and the other the tropic of Capricorn. The points of contact are called the summer, and the winter, solstice respectively. 32. The two secondaries...
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An Epitome of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, with Improved Lunar Tables ...

Janet Taylor - Nautical astronomy - 1851 - 674 pages
...appears to turn back towards the equinoctial ; that tropic which cuts the beginning of the sign Cancer, is called the tropic of Cancer, and the other the tropic of Capricorn. The arctic circle is a small circle parallel to the equinoctial, at the distance of 23° 28' from the north...
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