g. 22. Let T25^ (Fig.22) represent theecliptic, and cp C ^=the equator. By the first cor-rection, the apparentmotion along theecliptic is rendered ^uniform: and the sunis then supposed topass over equal spacesin equal intervals oftime along the arc°p S 25. But equal spaces of arc, on the ecliptic,… … 94 ASTRONOMY. chap. v. the ecliptic, is greater than to the same meridian along theequator. The difference between T S and t S, turned intotime, is the equation of time arising from the obliquity of theecliptic corresponding to the point S. At the points T, 25, and =£t, and also at the…
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