The geography of the heavens : and class-book of astronomy : accompanied by a celestial atlas (1860)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York : Mason Brothers · leaf 291
the cold increases asbefore it diminished, whilewe pass from autumn tomid-winter, in the northernhemisphere, and the inhabit- Fants of the southern hemi-sphere from spring to mid-summer. From the 21st of Dec.to the 20th of March, thecold relaxes as the days growlonger, and we pass from the length… … March23d toin the THE SEASONS. 239 the dreariness of winter to the mildness of spring, when theseasons are completed, and the mean temperature is againrestored. The same vicissitudes transpire, at the same time, inthe southern hemisphere, but in a contrary order. Thus areproduced the four seasons…
Constellations · Stars
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