Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 188
d this line is called the ecliptic. The waythe ancients thought it was and the way it really looks to us isshown in Fig. 170. The ancients called this apparent path of the Sun, Moonand planets with the stars for a background the zodiac, so it isnot su<5h a horrible specimen after all. 166 THE… … ^Op.S-y— **V *-~-|—•- X Fig. 170.—The Zodiac as Invented by the Ancients. path, or orbit, of its own, making a small angle with the ecliptic*What we call the Zodiac takes in all these orbits and is, therefore,a belt of considerable width through the center of w^hich runs theecliptic. ^~ i…
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