...is inclined to the plane of his orbit at an angle of 61° 18'. This quantity is very nearly equal to the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit, and as the seasons depend in a measure upon this inclination, those of Mars are probably somewhat like...

...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 change of the seasons. And was it thus with her uncle ? — he who was a...

...and it becomes " Park" — omit another and it is " Ark." Questions in January Number. — Owing to the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit, the sun, during each year, shines perpendicularly on all places between the Tropic of Cancer and the...

...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...

...that the permanent temperature of the earth and the changes of the seasons depend on the degree of the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit. The degree of this inclination bas varied so little — as astronomers show — that it could not potsibly...

...of the wonderful results of what has been well called " the simple but stupendous contrivance " of the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit; — a contrivance, like the rest of God's works, full of wisdom and goodness, and well adapted to lead...

...; 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 he the cause of the change of the seasons. And was it thus with her uncle ? — he who was a...

...nature generally, seed time and harvest, summer and winter, are the effect of one simple cause, viz., the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit. The wholesome alternation of day and night is the effect of the rotation of the earth on its axis....

...the year and the mean temperature of the earth unchanged. The obliquity of the ecliptic—that is, the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit— is at present lessening ; and as the seasons depend on this obliquity, which allows the sun to shed...

...Messrs. Jones, Holborn, London, which conveys a pretty clear idea of the motions and phases of the moon, the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit, and the changes of the seasons. It may be procured at different prices, from I/. 8s. to 4/. 14s. Qd.,...