List, C, Hall, T. G. (Thomas Grainger), 1803-1881 · Philadelphia : Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. and Carey & Hart · leaf 45
r thewhole globe—the same season would perpetuallyreign. To the inhabitants of our latitude, a constantand cold spring would be exchanged for the happyvicissitudes of the seasons ; while, as we approachthe poles, a perpetual winter would destroy allvegetation, although, for twelve hours, the rays… … sPlace a lamp so that its wick may be of the sameneight as the equator, at a considerable distance THE SEASONS. 41 from the globe ; then, as the globe is turned round,the illuminated parts will be those which are aboutthe equator, while the poles and a considerablepart of the globe in their…
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