List, C, Hall, T. G. (Thomas Grainger), 1803-1881 · Philadelphia : Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. and Carey & Hart · leaf 49
ASTRONOMY. the sun is above the equator, as in this figure, theday is longer than the night. Let us now turn to b, which is below the equa-tor, then b c will represent half the night, and c bhalf the day, but b c is plainly greater than c b ;or the night in southern latitudes, in this positionof… … 0|sl- Here the north pole is in the shaded part of thefigure, and s the south pole, in that part alwaysexposed to the sun; and a line drawn from o toe a falls below e q, or the sun is below the equa-tor ; if now we take two places a and b, the onenorth and the other south of the equator, it is…
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