Elements of astronomy: accompanied with numerous illustrations, a colored representation of the solar, stellar, and nebular spectra, and celestial charts of the northern and the southern hemisphere (1875)
Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 105
erature? 188.What do Figs. 43 and 44 represent ? What is the difference in the situation of 5 98 THE EAETII. the Sun. First, then, for summer and winter. Figs. 43and 44 represent the Earth as it would be seen from theSun at noon in London, at the summer and winter solstices.In the former, England… … Fig. 44.—The Earth, as seen from the Sun at the Winter Solstice(Noon at London). and farthest from the region where the Sun is overhead;the Suns rays are consequently feeble, and winter reigns.189. In Figs. 45 and 46, representing the Earth at thetwo equinoxes, we see that the position of England,…
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