List, C, Hall, T. G. (Thomas Grainger), 1803-1881 · Philadelphia : Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. and Carey & Hart · leaf 26
earth into two equal parts, one of which is calledthe Northern, the other the Southern Hemisphere. This circle, extended to the fixed stars, is calledthe Celestial Equator. The Ecliptic is the apparent path of the sunamong the fixed stars, which cuts the celestialequator at two points, called the… … The Latitude of a place on the earth is its dis-tance from the equator, measured on a circle pass-ing through both poles. The latitude of a heavenly body is its distancefrom the ecliptic. The Altitude of a heavenly body is its distanceabove the horizon, measured on a circle passinghrough the body…
Astronomy
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