...annual revolution round the sun in a year, from, west to east, in the ecliptic; this motion produces the difference in the length of the days and nights, and the regular succession of the *. seasons. 78. The ecliptic is an astronomical circle, and peculiar to the...

...end uf Ucceoibcr, wbcm Ve begins to 'move forward as before. This change in the sun's place occasions the difference in the length of the days and nights, and the vicissitude* of ine •MBM. The ecliptic is that path or great circle which the sun is suppose.! to...

...48 seconds. In its annual course, the earth moves at the rate of 75,222 miles an hour ; which motion causes the difference in the length of the days and nights, and the agreeable succession of the seasons. The Earth has one sate/lite, the MOON, which revolves in an elliptical...

...feconds. In its annual courfe, the earth moves at the rate of 75,222 miles an hour ; which motion cauies the difference in the length of the days and nights, and the agreeable fucceffion cf the feafons. The Earth has one fatellite, the MOON, which revolves in an elliptical...

...48 seconds. In its annual course, the earth moves at the rate of 75,222 mites an hour ; which motion causes the difference in the length of the days and nights, and the agreeable succession of the seasons. The earth has one satellite, the MOON, which revolves in an elliptical...

...carried 1043 miles in an hour. It completes its revolution round tbe sun once in a vea- and occasions the difference in the length of the days and nights, and the agreeable •variety of the seasons. '3 rie diameter of the earth'* orbit is about '88000,948 miles,...

...many motions has the Earth ? It completes its revolution round the sun once in a year, and occasions the difference in the length of the days and nights, and the agreeable variety in the seasons. The earth is not a perfect sphere, but an oblate spheroid, elevated...

...heavenly bodies from east to west. It completes its revolution round the sun once in a year, and occasions the difference in the length of the days and nights, and the agreeable variety in the seasons. The earth is not a perfect sphere, but an oblate spheroid, elevated...

...alternation of day and night ; another, round the sun, in 365 days 6 hours, called its annual motion, which causes the difference in the length of the days and nights, and the various seasons, (k) Mercury, about 7 times greater than at our earth ; while at our earth they are about 360 times...

...APPARENT MOTION OF THE SUN, REDUCED TO TIME. The Annual motion of the earth round the sun, is the cause of the difference in the length of the days and nights, and the various seasons. 360° or 12 signs =365d. 6h. nearly. 30° or 1 do = 30d. do. 1° = Id. do. Note. — I. The Earth in...