Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 109
ourse, in our diagram,this does not appear to be strictly the case, as we cannot repre-sent the star removed to a sufficient distance. The inclination ofthe axis of the earth to the plane of the suns apparent path, is thecause of all the variety of the seasons ; of the differing lengthsof the… … nights would have been equal all over the world, for, as will beseen on reference to the figure on page 105, the sun would shinefrom pole to pole, and as it would illuminate but half the globe atonce, a spectator any where on its surface, would be just as longin passing through the unilluminated as…
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