The geography of the heavens, and class-book of astronomy: accompanied by a celestial atlas (1873)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868, ed, Whitall, Henry, 1819-1887? Celestial planisphere · New York, Sheldon & company · leaf 285
ir position in space, nor withrespect to each other. But it is a remarkable and well-ascer-tained fact, that both are in a state of constant change. Wehave seen that the plane of the Earths equator is constantlydrawn out of place by the unequal attraction of the Sun andMoon acting in different… … will the aorth pole be 12,500 years hence ? 590. What is the Obliquity of *he EdipVA 1591. Is this angle always the same ? What variation of the equinoctial? PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES. 279 592. The displacement of the ecliptic, on the contrary, is pro-duced chiefly by the action of the planets,…
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