The geography of the heavens, and class-book of astronomy: (1858)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Mason brothers · leaf 279
that the plane of the Earths equator is constantlydrawn out of place by the unequal attraction of the. Sun andMoon acting in different directions upon the unequal masses ofmatter at the equator and the poles ; whereby the intersectionqf the equator with the ecliptic is constantly… … PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES. 279 592. The displacement of the ecliptic, on the contrary, is pro-duced chiefly by the action of the planets, particularly of Jupi-ter and Yenus, on the Earth ; by virtue of which the plane ofthe Earths orbit is drawn nearer to those of these two planets,and…
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