 The northern is called the Tropic of Cancer, and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn, because they touch the ecliptic in the beginning of those signs.  Geographical Questions - Page 71by David M. Warren - 1877Full view - About this book
 | John Lathrop - Astronomy - 1812 - 218 pages
...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.] 64. The tropics are the limits of the torrid zone. 65. The polar circles are small circles... | |
 | John Lathrop - Astronomy - 1821 - 206 pages
...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
...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 of 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
...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 of 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
...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 of 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Thomas Spofford - Almanacs, American - 1835 - 84 pages
...the triangle, is immaterial. Tropics; two small circles parallel to the equator, 23° 28' from it : the northern is called the tropic of Cancer, and the southern, the tropic of Capricorn. They arc the limits of the sun's dei'lination, and include the torrid zone, about 47C broad. The name... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Edmands - Geography - 1841 - 88 pages
...3. The TROPICS are two circles parallel to the equator, at about 23 degrees and 28 minutes from it. The northern is called, the Tropic of Cancer; and the southern, the Tropic of Capricorn. See fig. 2. The POLAR CIRCLES are drawn at 23 degrees and 28 minutes from the poles. The northern,... | |
 | Charles Alfred Browne - Asia - 1843 - 444 pages
...turning. The tropics are two 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 Tropie of Capricorn, forming the limits or boundaries of the Torrid Zone. GLOSSARY. ll'.Ut derived... | |
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