ld. These are called the Equi-noxes. The Tropics are two circles drawn round the globe at equal distances north and south of the Equator, andparallel to it, touching the extreme points of the Eclip-tic, and are thus 23^° distant from the Equator. Thenorthern is called the Tropic of Cancer, the… … pole, when the opposite pole has its greatest inclination1 towards it. As the Sun then shines vertically on placesj 23i° north or south of the Equator, so its rays fall shortI of one pole 23J°, and shine beyond the other to the sameI distance; causing continuous day for a time at one poleI and…
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