The geography of the heavens, and class book of astronomy: (1849)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857. [from old catalog] · New York, Huntington & Savage · leaf 267
about 50y of a degree every year. It is the name How is the weight of bodies on the Earths equator affected by its diurnal rotation 7What would be the effect if the diurnal motion of the karth roere accelerated 1 WKatwould be the consequence if the Earth revolved about its axis in 84 minutes, ci… … only, and not the position, of the equinoxes which remains[lermanent. Whei^ever the Sun crosses the equinoctial inthe spring there is the vernal equinox ; and whi-^ever hecrosses it in the autumn there is the autumnal equinox,and these points are constantly moving to the west.Fig. 22. To render…
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