...a greater display of his general goodness and wisdom in the whole creation, than is discernible in the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit. Permit me, therefore, to lay a few observations on this subject before the public, through the medium...

...be equal in all the parallels through the year; but at the poles, mere would be no night. Owing to the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit (the ecliptic), the parallel cf latitude in which the sun appears to move is continually changing ;...

...many trees, often affording much oil, as almond nuts, and olive nuts. NUTATION, a slight variation of the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit. NUTG ALLS, excrescences on oak-leaves. NUTMEG, the kernel of a fruit like the peach, which flourishes...

...respiratory functions of the vegetable system. Again, the alternation of the seasons, resulting from the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit, is the very basis of vegetable life. The one system of contrivances supposes the existence of the other,...

...respiratory functions of the vegetable system. Again, the alternation of the seasons, resulting from the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit, is the very basis of vegetable life. The one system of contrivances supposes the existence of the other,...

...this head of EQUATION OF TIME. /This difference between equal and apparent time, depends, first upon the inclination of the Earth's axis to the plane of its orbit ; and secondly, upon the elliptical, or oval form of the Earth's orbit ; for being an ellipse, the...

...obliquity of this circle to the equator is rendered more conspicuous by its being described on the sume globe ; and the obliquity of the ecliptic shows the...earth's axis to the plane of its orbit. But to return \.ofig. 8. The spaces between the several parallel circles on the terrestrial globe are called zones...

...always exactly the case. If the difference between time measured by the dial and clock, depend solely on the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit, the clocks and dials ought to be together both at the equinoxes and the solstices (that is, on the...

...sun towards the north and south alternately, is produced also by the earth's annual revolution, and the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit, — the axis continuing parallel to itself, or nearly so, during the whole revolution. As this last...

...respiratory functions of the vegetable system. Again, the alternation of the seasons, resulting from the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit, is the very basis of vegetable life. The one system of contrivances supposes the existence of the other,...