Familiar lessons on astronomy ; designed for the use of children and youth .. (1848)
Fowler, Lydia F. (Lydia Folger), 1823-1879 · New York, Fowlers & Wells · leaf 26
meridians. 5. Does this apply to Astronomy? Why should these be remem-bered ? 6. What is the axis, or diameter ? What is its direction to theEquator? 7. What are the poles? 8. What is the Equator? Intowhat does the Equator divide the earth? What are degrees? Dothese vary in size ? 9. What are… … PARALLELS. 11. The LONGITUDE of a place is its distance fromsome standard meridian, reckoned on the Equator.The meridian generally taken as a standard, is that ofGreenwich, near London. 12. Tropics are parallels of latitude that pass aroundthe earth, twenty-three and one half degrees from…
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