The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 84
begins, and continuesto the summer sol-stice. In popularreckoning the sea-sons begin with thefirst day of June,September, Decem-ber, and March. The reason whywinter is counted asoccurring after thewinter solstice is simi-lar to the reason whythe summer is placedafter the summer solstice. The earth… … 66 ASTRONOMY. continues to fall, and the cold is more intense after thewinter solstice than before it.
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