A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined .. (1853)
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, F. J. Huntingdon [etc.] · leaf 80
lling between the 1st of January and the 25th of March,the number of the year is one greater by the New thanby the Old Style. And as the intercalary day was omit-ted in 1800, there is now, for all dates, 12 days differencebetween the old and new styles. Russia is now the onlyChristian country in… … , t - lyiiliF 1 that 12 oclock comessooner to places east onthe earths surface, andlater to places west. 1. Let the adjoining cut represent theearth, the arrows indicating the direc-tion of her revolution, and the sun beingon the meridian at XII. at the top. Itwill then be day over all the light…
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