| Levi Washburn Leonard - 1827 - 398 pagina’s
...of the earth on its axis, every place is successively brought into light and immersed in darkness. If the axis of the earth were always perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic, the days would where be of the same length, and just as long as the DAY AOT» NIGHT.... | |
| Levi Washburn Leonard - 1830 - 350 pagina’s
...of the earth on its axis, every place is successively brought into light and immersed in darkness. If the axis of the earth were always perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic, the days would every where be of the same length, and just as long as the BAY AND NIGHT.... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1838 - 160 pagina’s
...its regular diurnal motion, every place is successively brought into light and immersed in darkness. If the axis of the earth were always perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic, the days •would everywhere be of the same length, and just as long as the nights. For... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1857 - 508 pagina’s
...its regular diurnal motion, every place is successively brought into light and immersed in darkness. If the axis of the earth were always perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic, the days would every where be of the same length, and just as long as the nights. For... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - 1908 - 664 pagina’s
...inclination of the axis of the earth is the very thing that gives rise to our change of seasons. In fact, if the axis of the earth were always perpendicular to the plane of its orbit, people in any given locality would always have the one season. If it was a terrific summer,... | |
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