An easy introduction to astronomy for young gentlemen and ladies : describing the figure motions, and dimensions of the earth : the different seasons : gravity and light : the solar system : the transit of Venus and its use in astronomy : the moon's motion and phases : the eclipses of the sun and moon : the cause of the ebbing and flowing of the sea, &c. (1812)
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776 · Philadelphia : Johnson and Warner, Ann Cochran, printer · leaf 118
ides of theEquator. E. It will, indeed. But do the poles of theEarth incline toward the Sun, and from him, in.that manner, at different times of the year ? N. They do : and here is a figure, (PLATEIV. Fig*. 1.) by which the whole of that mattermay be very easily explained. Let ABCD EFG HA represent… … Cray & Todd se.
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