Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 112
to pole. As the sun proceeds still far-ther north of the equator, the north pole becomes more and moreilluminated, until finally it arrives at the point of greatest differ-ence between the equator and ecliptic marked XVIII, see figure onpage 91, which is the point of the summer solstice. The sun… … of the earth is now wholly illuminated, as in the above diagram,it is evident that the north pole, or rather the axis of the earth, isinclined towards the sign Cancer. The days are still equal to thenights, at the equator, but at all places north of the equator, as forexample on the parallel A B,…
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