 | George Adams - 1766 - 306 páginas
...the. two poles of the globe ; and is fo called, becaufe when the fun appears to pafs vertically over this circle, the days and nights are of an equal length to all the inhabitants of the earth. 45* The plane of the equator pafles through the middle of the globe at right angles to the polar-axis.... | |
 | George Adams - 1777 - 460 páginas
...the two poles of the globe ; and is fo called, becaufe when the fun appears to pafs vertically over this circle, the days and nights are of an equal length to all the inhabitants of the earth. 123. The plane of the equator pafles through the middle of the globe at right angles to the polar axis.... | |
 | W. M. Buchanan - 1846 - 768 páginas
...dividing it into two hemispheres, the northern and southern. It is called the equator, because when the sun is in this circle the days and nights are of equal length in all parts of the world. For this reason the celestial equator is also called the equinoctial... | |
 | Edward SHELTON (Miscellaneous Writer.) - 1862 - 380 páginas
...dividing it into two hemispheres, the northern and southern. It is called the equator, because when the sun is in this circle the days and nights are of equal duration in all parts of the world. From this circle the latitude of places, whether north or... | |
 | Edward J. Shelton - 1862 - 404 páginas
...dividing it into two hemispheres, the northern and southern. It is called the equator, because when the sun is in this circle the days and nights are of equal duration in all parts of the world. From this circle the latitude of places, whether north or... | |
 | All - 1874 - 422 páginas
...dividing it into two hemispheres, the northern and southern. It is called the equator, because when the sun is in this circle the days and nights are of equal duration in all parts of the world. From this circle the latitude of places, whether north or... | |
 | W. M. Buchanan - 1884 - 858 páginas
...dividing ft Into two hemispheres, the northern and southern. It is culled the equator, because when the sun Is in this circle the days and nights are of equal length In all pans of the world. For this reason the celestial equator is also called the eifuiiMftiat... | |
 | 1922 - 684 páginas
...dividing it into two hemispheres, the northern and southern. It is called the equator, because when the sun is in this circle the days and nights are of equal duration in all parts of the world. From this circle the latitude of places, whether north or... | |
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Equator, e-kwaytur (Latin, œqueo, to divide equally). A great circle of the sphere, equally distant from the two poles of the world, and dividing it into two hemispheres, the northern and southern. It is called the equator, because when the sun is in... 