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 27
v^een the poles and the tropics. The TorridZone lies between the two tropics. The TemperateZones are between the tropics and polar circles. Theone north of the Equator is called the North Temper-ate Zone ; the one south of the Equator, the SouthTemperate Zone. The Frigid Zones lie between thepoles… … 14. The Ecliptic is the path in the heavens whichthe earth makes in her annual revolution around thesun, or which the sun appears to make. It is calledecliptic, because eclipses occur when the moon is in ornear this apparent path. The diameter of the earth does not lie at right angleswith the…
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