Elements of astronomy ... with explanatory notes, and questions for examination (1855)
Brocklesby, John, 1811-1889 · New York, Farmer, Brace & co. · leaf 132
e temperatureof any place intimately connected with? Why? When will winter prevail? Whensummer ? State the second cause of the unequal distribution of heat ? How much hot-ter would summer be than winter from this cause if there were no counteracting influen-ces ? What is the third cause ? 124 THE… … LOSS OF HEAT BY REFRACTION. and S1 its position when the rays make an angle of50° with the horizon at E; then 8,123 rays out of 10,000will reach E when the sun is at S, but only 2,881 whenit is at S.1228. Summer of the Southern Hemisphere not HOTTER THAN THAT OF THE NORTHERN. The earth isnearer to…
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