Brocklesby, John, 1811-1889. [from old catalog] · New York, Sheldon and company · leaf 97
sun appears on the equator at the time of thetwo equinoxes, about twenty-three and one-half de-grees to th>3 north of it at the summer solstice, and abouttwenty-three and one-half degrees to the south at thewinter solstice. Could we follow the changes of theposition of the earths equator in… … $6 THE EARTH VIEWED ASTRONOMICALLY. in the suns daily declination. The apparent motionof the sun in declination is, therefore, the result of theearths actual motion in her orbit. 132. Suns Apparent Motion in Right AscensionExplained. If a person passes round a tree in anydirection, the tree, though…
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