A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined .. (1859)
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Mason brothers · leaf 29
24 ASTRONOMY. Latitude upon the earth is distance either North orSouth of the Equator, and is reckoned each way towardthe Poles in Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds. As the distance from the Equator to the Pole cannot be more than a quarter of acircle, or 90°, it is obvious that no place can have more… … THE TROPICS AND POLAR CIRCLE. E^-H r-^E FA \ / \F A \ a / / A [ \ : h ax;is [ \ A \ I \ < ! 1 \ 1 / 9 \ \ \J / q \ Parallels of Latitude are circleseither North or South of the Equator,and running parallel to it. We may imagine any conceivable number of parallelsbetween the Equator and the…
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