Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920, Seabroke, G. M. (George Mitchell), 1848-1918 · London, Macmillan and co. · leaf 36
various planets which revolve round thesun, and further, that the journey of the earth round thesun is so even and beautifully regulated that its motionis confined to a single plane. Year after year the earthgoes on revolving round the sun, never departing, exceptto a very small extent, from this… … Fig. 4.—The Plane of the Ecliptic. certain position in this infinite ocean, and the earthwill travel round it every year. If the axis of the earth were upright, one would repre-sent the position of things by holding a globe with itsaxis upright, so that the equator of the earth is in everypart of…
Astronomy · Telescopes
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