The geography of the heavens, and class book of astronomy: (1853)
Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale), 1794-1838, Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868, Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857. [from old catalog] · New York, F. J. Huntington [etc.] · leaf 187
s seem to move upward, as they cross fromcast to west, while at other times they incline doicnward.while the curve lines are sometimes convex towards onepole of the Sun, and sometimes towards the other. Allthese phenomena are owing to the fact that the axis of theSun is inclined to the Ecliptic, so… … S December. March. June. September. These figures are representations of the body of the Sun.The dotted horizontal line running through his center, is theplane of the Ecliptic. The lines N S, &c. represent theaxis of the Sun. and his North and South poles. InNovember and December we have, so to…
Constellations · Stars
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