 | John Pinkerton - Africa - 1804 - 694 pages
...antarctic circle. These are also called Ilofar circles. If two circles be described upc n the earth, parallel to the equator, at the distance of 23°. 28' from it, they are called tro/:ical circles, or the trofiics. 45. Let I fa, Rv, xy, be small circles parallel... | |
 | John Ewing - Astronomy - 1809 - 672 pages
...south of the ecliptic, is denominated the descending node of the planet. If two small circles be drawn parallel to the equator at the distance of 23° 28' from it, on both sides of it, they are called the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; because they will touch the... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Astronomy - 1811 - 388 pages
...Capricorn. The Tropics are the limits of the torrid zone, northward and southward. 16. The POLAR CIRCLES are two small circles, parallel to the equator, at the distance of 66° 32' from it, or 23° 28' from each pole. The northern is called the arctic, the southern the antarctic... | |
 | John Lathrop - Astronomy - 1812 - 218 pages
...the equinoctial points. — [Fig. 2.] 62. Small circles divide the globe into two unequal parts. 63. The tropics are two small circles parallel to the...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
...28'* north or south. 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
...the equinoctial points.—[Fig. 2.] 62. Small circles divide the globe into two unequal parts. 63. The tropics are two small circles parallel to 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
...number of minutes expressing the difference, is marked by the sign — . rallel to the equator, and at the distance of 23° 28' from it. The northern...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 Charlton - Geography - 1829 - 250 pages
...from the poles towards the equator, and are used for elevating the globe. 39. The TROPICS are two less circles, parallel to the equator, at the distance...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
...28'* north or south. 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... | |
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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. 
