The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 48
outh, of the equator. The points at which the two circles cross are called the eqjiinoxes. The one at which the sun crosses the equator from south to north is called the vernal equinox, and the one at which it crosses from north to south theautumnal equinox. Thepoints on the ecliptic mid-way…
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