 | William Emerson - 1769 - 428 pagina’s
...hemifpheres, the northern EPQ. and the fouthern EpQ. It is called the equinoct1al, becaufe when the fun is in it, the days and nights are equal all over the world. And this happens twice in the year, in March and September. This circle is divided into 360 degrees,... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1810 - 478 pagina’s
...equinoctial is a great circle which divides thft heavens into two hemispheres, the northern and southern ; it is called the equinoctial, because, when the sun appears in it, the .days and nights all over the world are equal, viz. 12 hours each. Tins happens twice in the year, about the 2 1st of... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1811 - 388 pagina’s
...and southward ; and the longitudes of places are reckoned upon it eastward and westward. The^.equator when referred to the heavens, is called the equinoctial,...are equal all over the world, viz. 12 hours each. 1O. THE FIRST MERIDIAN is that from which geographers begin to count the longitudes of places. In English... | |
 | John Lathrop - 1812 - 218 pagina’s
...southward from the equator; and the longitudes of places are reckoned upon it eastward and westward. 55. The equator when referred to the heavens, is called...in it, the days and nights are equal all over the earth, viz. 12 hours each. 56. The first meridian, is that from which geographers begin to count the... | |
 | James M'Intire - 1823 - 232 pagina’s
...equal distance from the poles, and dividing the globe into two hemispheres, the northern and southern. The equator, when referred to the heavens, is called the equinoctial, because when the * The circumfert'nce of every circle is supposed to be 'ilvided into 36(1 ei(UHl parts, called decrees;... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1826 - 504 pagina’s
...equinoctial is a great circle which divides the heavens into two hemispheres, the northern and southern ; it is called the equinoctial, because, when the sun appears in it, the days and nights all over the world are equal, viz. 12 hours each. This happens twice in the year, about the 21st of... | |
 | James M'Intire - 1826 - 234 pagina’s
...equal distance from the poles, and dividing the globe into two hemispheres, the northern and southern. The equator, when referred to the heavens, is called the equinoctial, because when the sun comes to it, the days and nights are equal all over the world. 11. The Ecliptic is the path which the... | |
 | James Ryan - 1827 - 408 pagina’s
...and the longitudes of places arc reckoned vpon it, eastward and westward from the first meridian. 5. The equator, when referred to the heavens, is called the equinoctial, because when the sun ap;ijars in it, the days arxl nights are equal all over the world, (the poles excepted;) that is, 12... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 642 pagina’s
...the equator northward and southward, and the longitudes are reckoned upon it eastward and westward. The equator, when referred to the heavens, is called...equal all over the world, viz., 12 hours each. The declination of the sun, stars, and planets, is counted from the equinoctial northward and southward... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 650 pagina’s
...longitudes are reckoned upon it eastward and westward. The equator, when referred to the heavens, is culled the equinoctial, because, when the sun appears in...equal all over the world, viz., 12 hours each. The declination of the sun, stars, and planets, is counted from the equinoctial northward and southward... | |
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The equator, when referred to the heavens, is called the equinoctial, because, when the sun appears in it, the days and nights are equal all over the world, viz., 12 hours each. 
