Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920, Philips, G. M. (George Morris), 1851-1920, joint author · Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company · leaf 97
ersurface (BC) than the di-rect or noonday ray; andeach spot cannot, there-fore, receive so muchheat. The changing seasons -Suns Rays striking the Earth are due to the Same Cause,at Different Inclinations. ,, . ,. the varying inclinationsof the suns rays. Fig. 22 represents the earth withits… … Fig. 21, 1 Nu-ta/tion, from Latin nutatio, nodding. THE EARTH, 93 earth at one time, its light extends both to the northand south poles. If the figure be held up-just in frontof the eyes, and be supposed to rotate about the axisfrom left to right, or, much better, if a globe be held in
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