 | Joseph Harris - Astronomical models - 1732 - 236 pages
...tliemfclves are fi*, arifing from the diffe•v ' j rence of an entire Month j the Sun being , .... ' Ie'en in the firft of thefe, a whole Month without fetting ; in the fecond, two j and \ -*-.,"' in the third, three Months, &c. Thefe Climates continually decreafe in Breadth the... | |
 | Benjamin Martin - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1737 - 720 pages
...from the Difference of an entire Month, and are in Number Six •, the Sun being feen in the firft one whole Month without fetting ; in the fecond, two Months; in the third, three -, and fo on, as you lee in the Table adjoined. A TABL« Climate}. Number of Climatei. Of GEOGRAPH... | |
 | William Taylor (teacher of the mathematics.) - Arithmetic - 1800 - 556 pages
...polar circles to the poles themfelves are fix, anfing from the difference of an entire month ; the fun being feen, in the firft of thefe, a whole month without fetting ; in the fécond, two, and in the third, three months, &c. Thefe climates ¿ontinually decreafe in breadth,... | |
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How they are framed, viz. the parallel of latitude in which they end (that being likewife the breadth of the next) with the refpeftive breadth of each of them, is... 