Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909, Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914, joint author · New York : H. Holt and company · leaf 124
g. 45. Itwill be seen that Fig. 44 cor-responds to the right-hand endof 45, but is on a much largerscale. The sun, moving alongthe great circle of the ecliptic,will reach its greatest northerndeclination about June 21st.This point is indicated on theiigure as 90° from the vernalequinox, and is… … about September 22d at 104 ASTRONOMY. a point diametrically opposite the vernal equinox. Invirtue of the theorem of spherical trigonometry that allgreat circles intersect each other in two opposite points,the ecliptic and equator intersect at the two opposite equi-noxes. The equinox which the sun…
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