Astronography, or, Astronomical geography, with the use of globes : arranged either for simultaneous reading and study in classes, or for study in the common method (1854)
an angle of 29°,and Uranus probably at the large angle of 46°. If theseand other circumstances vary the climates of the differentplanets, the inexhaustible wisdom of the Almighty willdoubtless have suited the planets to their inhabitants, orthe inhabitants to their planets. 12. Every place on the… … the Southern, at the Winter Solstice. From the convex-ity of the Earth, the climate is hottest where the Sunsrays are direct.* This belt of the Earths surface betweenthe Tropics is called the Torrid Zone, and is 47° broad. Compare the number of rays falling near the Equa- * Let Fig. 14 be drawn…
Astronomy
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