Orr, M. A. (Mary Acworth) · London and Edinburgh, Gall and Inglis · leaf 33
s, etc.). When the sun is in the mostnortherly part of the zodiac it is summer in the THE HEAVENLY BODIES. 11 northern hemisphere; when he is in the most southerly,it is summer in the south. (See Map). This north and south motion of the sun may benoted more directly in another way. Seen from… … Fig. 1. The Suns path in the sky at different seasons. are due east and west, travel daily further north, andthe sun mounts daily higher in northern skies untilabout the 20th of June; then he returns towards thesouth, passing the east and west points again aboutSeptember 23, and reaches his…
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 · Astronomy, Ancient · Astronomy, Medieval · Early maps
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