EOUINOCTIAL, ill astronomy, a great circle of the celestial globe, whose poles are the poles of the world. It is so called, because whenever the sun comes to this circle, the days and nights are equal all over the globe ; being the same with that which... Lexicon Scientiarum: A Dictionary of Terms, Etc - Seite 92von Henry McMurtrie - 1851Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 700 Seiten
...globe, whose poles are the poles of the world. It is so called, because whenever the sun conies to this circle, the days and nights are equal all over the globe ; being the same with that which the sun seems to describe, at the time of the two equinoxes of spriag... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 962 Seiten
...celestial globe, whose poles are the poles of the world. It is so called, because whenever the sun comes to this circle, the days and nights are equal all over the globe ; being the same with that which the sun seems to describe, at the time of toe two equinoxes of spring... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 474 Seiten
...celestial globe, whose poles are the poles of the world. It is so called, because whenever the sun comes to this circle, the days and nights are equal all over the globe ; being the same with that which the sun seems to describe, at? the time of the two equinoxes of spring... | |
| William Nicholson - 1819 - 408 Seiten
...globe, whose poles are the poles of ihe world. It is so called, because, whenever the sun comes to this circle, the days and nights are equal all over the globe ; being the same with that which the sun seems to describe at tlie time of tlie two equinoxes of spring... | |
| Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1829 - 312 Seiten
...globe, whose poles are the poles of the world. It is so called, because, whenever the sun comes to this circle, the days and nights are equal all over the globe ; being the same with that which the sun seems to describe at the time of the two equinoxes of spring... | |
| George Crabb - 1830 - 380 Seiten
...of the celestial globe, answering to the equator on the terrestrial globe. Whenever the sun comes to this circle the days and nights are equal all over the globe. EQUINOXES. The times when the sun enters the first points of Aries and Libra, that is, about the twenty-first... | |
| George Crabb - 1831 - 426 Seiten
...of the celestial globe, answering to the equator on the terrestrial globe. Whenever tie sun comes to this circle the days and nights are equal all over the globe. EQUINOXES. The times when the sun enters the first points of Aries and Libra, that is, about the twenty-first... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1843 - 914 Seiten
...under which the equator moves in its diurnal course. It is so called, because whenever the sun comes to this circle, the days and nights are equal all over the globe ; being the same with, that which the sun seems to describe, at the time of the two equinoxes of spring... | |
| John Lee COMSTOCK (and HOBLYN (Richard Dennis)), John Lee COMSTOCK - 1846 - 506 Seiten
...globe, whose poles are the poles of tho world. It is so called, because, whenever the sun comes to this circle, the days and nights are equal all over the globe; being the same with that which the sun seems to describe at the time of the two equinoxes of spring... | |
| Henry McMurtrie - 1847 - 268 Seiten
...the 23d of September, the Autumnal equinox. EQUINOC'TIAL,Ast.,Lat.,a°jMMs,equal,andwoa;,night. O$e of the great circles of the sphere — that part of...the days and nights are equal all over the globe. EQUISETA'CE.5!', Bot., Lat., Equisetum, Horse-tatl, a plant so called. A natural Order of Plants. It... | |
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