 evidence of things not seen," in the fulness of Divine grace ; and was profound on this, the greatest concern of human life, while unable even to comprehend how the " inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit" could be the cause of the...  Conversations on Natural Philosophy - Page 86by Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1824 - 252 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Denison Olmsted - Astronomy - 1841 - 486 pages
...and confining the range of solar heat, vast as it might easily become, within such narrow bounds ; the inclination of the earth's' axis to the plane of its orbit, so as to produce the agreeable vicissitudes of the seasons, and increase the varieties of animal and... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1843 - 392 pages
...considerable change in the annual heat or cold of a particular country. We have no reason to suppose that the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit has ever been varied ; but strong evidence to the contrary. If this inclination has always been the... | |
 | Medicine - 1844 - 640 pages
...the winds. The temperature of any place is well known to depend, in a great degree, on its latitude. The inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit has served to diffuse the influence of the solar rays more extensively over the surface, than if the... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Astronomy - 1844 - 292 pages
...rapidity. 232. The phenomena of the SEASONS, which we may now explain, depend on two causes ; first, the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit ; and, secondly, to the circumstance that the earth's axis always remains parallel to itself. Imagine... | |
 | Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1845 - 370 pages
...heavens, or by a good sun-dial. 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 elliptic or oval form of the earth's orbit; for the earth's orbit being an... | |
 | Edward Bruce (bookseller.), John Bruce - Astronomy - 1846 - 398 pages
...not uniform ; this arises from the inequality in the rate of the earth's motion round the sun, and the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit. (See Prob. XXX.) Its mean distance from the sun is 95 millions of miles. It performs a revolution in... | |
 | Roswell Park - 1847 - 632 pages
...the south pole. The distance of these circles from the poles, and from the equator, is determined by the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit, that is, the path which it describes annually around the sun. These and other small circles, running... | |
 | Joseph Jones - 1849 - 370 pages
...of the planet in its orbit; and 2. The inclination of its axis to the plane of its orbit V What is the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit? 23° 28'. What is peculiar to Jupiter ? He is surrounded with zones or belts. With how many ? They... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - Sea stories - 1849 - 448 pages
...'what it says about the seasons, child." " It says, sir, that the changes in the seasons are owing to ' the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit.' I do not exactly understand what that means, uncle." "No,—it's not as clear as it might be.—The... | |
 | Richard Phillips (sir.) - 1851
...to describe these phenomena, it is necessary to consider, THE INCLINATION OF THE EARTH'S AXIS. 60. The inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit never varies, but always makes an angle with it of 23 1o, as it moves round the sun. The axis of the... | |
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