...such, the sphere would appear parallel. As the limits of the zones and of the climates depend upon the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of the ecliptic, it is of importance to determine this inclination. We may easily discover it by observing...

...such, the sphere would appear parallel. As the limits of the zones and of the climates depend upon the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of the ecliptic, it is of importance to determine this inclination. We may easily discover it by observing...

...such, the sphere would appear parallel. As the limits of the zones and of the climates depend upon the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of the ecliptic, it is of importance to determine this inclination. We may easily discover it by observing...

...in what manner the changes of the seasons, the increase and decrease of the days, &C., are caused by the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of the ecliptic, at an angle of 664 degrees, and how the axis, by remaining parallel to itself in all...

...tinis than at others, so that the solar days rnitnot be equal. Another circumstance, dependent upon the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of the ecliptic, is nlso to he taken into the account. The apparaît solar time, therefore, is distinguishn...

...given time than at others, so that the solar days cannot be equal. Auother circumstance, dependent upon the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of the ecliptic, is also tobe taken into the account. The apparent solar time, therefore, is distinguished...

...diurnal motions and general aspects of the sun in different parts of the earth, which are owing partly to the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of the ecliptic, and partly to the different positions in which a spectator is placed in different zones...

...diurnal motions and general aspects of the sun in different parts of the earth, which are owing partly to the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of the ecliptic, and partly to the different positions in which a spectator is placed in different zones...

...the system of the universe, for the sun to be deprived of the power of communicating light, or that the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of its orbit might be increased ; but we cannot conceive it possible for the table on which we are leaning suddenly...

...of its surface are heated by the solar rays; and, owing to "the simple yet stupendous contrivance of the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of its orbit," the northern and southern hemispheres are brought alternately more directly under the solar influence;...