ap-proach the poles. At the Equator it is 69 English miles,at Montreal about 49 miles, and at Toronto 50^ miles. The first meridian from which we reckon is supposedto pass through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich.Other countries generally reckon from the meridianwhich passes through their own… … ^OUTM POLEMKKIDIAN3 ehown by a line drawn round the globe on the plane ofthe Suns apparent orbit. The line of the Ecliptic, asrepresented on a terrestrial globe or on a map, showswhere each day at noon the Sun is directly overhead. Itwill be remembered that the Earth gradually changes itsposition…
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