 | Thomas Keith - Astronomy - 1811 - 388 pages
...north or south. 15. The TROPICS are two small circles, parallel to the equator, at the distance of 23° 28' from it ; the northern is called the Tropic of Cancer, the southern is the Tropic of Capricorn. The Tropics are the limits of the torrid zone, northward and... | |
 | John Lathrop - Astronomy - 1812 - 218 pages
...two unequal parts. 63. The tropics are two small circles parallel to the equator at the distance of 23° 28' from it ; the northern, is called the tropic...cancer, and the southern, the tropic of Capricorn. — [Fig. 2.] 64. The tropics are the limits of the torrid zone. 65. The polar circles are small circles... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Astronomy - 1819 - 380 pages
...15. The TROPICS are two small circles, parallel to the equator (or equinoctial,) at the distance of 23° 28' from it; the northern is called the Tropic of Cancer, the southern is the Tropic of Capricorn. The tropics are the limits of the torrid zone, northward and... | |
 | John Lathrop - Astronomy - 1821 - 206 pages
...two unequal parts. 63. The tropics are two small circles parallel to the equator at the distance of 23° 28' from it; the northern is called the tropic of cancer, and the southern, the tropic of capricorn.—[Fig. 2.] 65. The polar circles are small circles parallel to the equator, at the distance... | |
 | James M'Intire - Globes - 1823 - 232 pages
...expressing the difference, is marked by the sign — . rallel to the equator, and at the distance of 23° 28' from it. The northern is called the tropic...Cancer, and the southern, the tropic of Capricorn. 19. The Polar Circles are two small circles, parallel to the equator, and at the distance of 23° 28'... | |
 | S. Treeby - Astronomy - 1826 - 244 pages
...each side of the equator, are drawn two small circles, which are called tropical circles, or tropics. The northern is called the tropic of Cancer, and the southern the tropic of Capricorn. Obs. — These circles divide the globe into five zones. 1. The North Frigid Zone, included between... | |
 | James Ryan - Astronomy - 1827 - 408 pages
...parallels of latitude, &c. 3. The tropics are two small circles parallel to the equator at the distance of 23° 28' from it ; the northern is called the tropic...Cancer, and the southern the tropic of Capricorn. Two planes are parallel when, being produced ever so far, they do not meet. 4. The polar circles are... | |
 | James Charlton - Geography - 1829 - 250 pages
...elevating the globe. 39. The TROPICS are two less circles, parallel to the equator, at the distance of 23° 28' from it. The northern is called the Tropic...Cancer ; and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn. • 40. The POLAR CIRCLES are two less circles, parallel to the equator, and at the same distance from... | |
 | Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1832 - 412 pages
...16. The TROPICS are two small circles, parallel to the equator (or equinoctial,) at the distance of 23° 28' from it ; the northern is called the tropic of Cancer, the southern the tropic of Capricorn. The tropics are the limits of the torrid zone, northward and... | |
 | sir Richard Phillips - 1834 - 248 pages
...are two small circles parallel to the equator (or equinoctial), and each distant from it 23° 28' ; the northern is called the Tropic of Cancer, and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn. which surrounds the North Pole is called the arctic, and that comprehending the South Pole the antarctic... | |
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The tropics are two small circles parallel to the equator at the distance of 23° 28' from it ; the northern, is called the tropic of cancer, and the southern, the tropic of Capricorn. 
