Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925, Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice) tr · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 243
n its side, but is tipped or in-clined a certain quantity: 23° 27^ 223 ASTRONOMY FOR AMATEURS Now, throughout its annual journey round the Sun,the incKnation remains the same. That is what pro-duces the seasons and dimates. The countries whichhave a larger circle to travel over in the hemisphere… … <r Fig. 6i.—Inclination of the Earth. In summer, the pole dips toward the Sun, and therays of the orb of day cover the corresponding hemi-sphere with their light. Six months later this samehemisphere is in winter, and the opposite hemisphereis in its turn presented to the Sun. June 21 is…
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