 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1830 - 308 pages
...be winter there, would have long nights and short days in the same proportion. Seasons of the year. The vicissitudes of the seasons are caused by the...inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit. It has already been explained, that the ecliptic is the plane of the earth's orbit, and is supposed... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1832 - 308 pages
...at the season of the year when the earth is at A, or in the summer, would have long days and short nights, in proportion as they approached the polar...the earth's horizon, and hence, that this plane is considered the standard, by which the inclination of the lines crossing the earth, and the obliquity... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1835 - 308 pages
...they approached the polar circle; while those who live in the south temperate zone, at the same lime, and when it would be winter there, would have long...to the plane of its orbit. Seasons of the year. It lias already been explained, that the ecliptic is the plane of the earth's orbit, and is supposed to... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Geology - 1836 - 396 pages
...night," the sun and moon were to be for " signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years." V. 14. The vicissitudes of the seasons are caused by the...revolution of the earth around the sun, together, with the obliquity of the earth's axis. It is, therefore, the real motion of the earth, instead of the apparent... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Astronomy - 1838 - 426 pages
...planets have an annual revolution round thesun. This revolution, in the case of the earth, combined with the inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit, produces the variety of seasons ; and although we are not to suppose that all the planets have seasons... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Astronomy - 1838 - 444 pages
...planets have an annual revolution round the sun. This revolution, in the case of the earth, combined with the inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit, produces the variety of seasons ; and although we are not to suppose that all the planets have seasons... | |
 | John Lee COMSTOCK (and HOBLYN (Richard Dennis)), John Lee COMSTOCK - 1846 - 506 pages
...globe, the days and nights would be of equal length, at any given place. SEASONS OF THE YEAR. 643. "The vicissitudes of the seasons are caused by the...inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit. It has already been explained, that the ecliptic is the plane of the earth's orbit, and is supposed... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Educational sociology - 1850 - 586 pages
...planets have an annual revolution round the sun. This revolution, in the case of the earth, combined with the inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit, produces the variety of seasons ; and although we arc not to suppose that all the planets have seasons... | |
 | Richard Phillips (sir.) - 1851
...winter there, would have long nights and short days in the same proportion. SEASONS OF THE YEAR. 65. The vicissitudes of the seasons are caused by the annual revolution of the earth round the sun, together with the inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit. It has already... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - Physics - 1852 - 576 pages
...there, would have long nights and short days in the same proportion—-- SEASONS OF THE YEAR. 1 82. The vicissitudes of the seasons are caused by the annual revolution of the Earth round the Sun, together with the inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit. It has already... | |
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It has already been explained, that the ecliptic is the plane of the earth's orbit, and is supposed to be placed on a level with the earth's horizon, and hence, that this plane is considered the standard, by which... 
