 | John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton - 1870 - 884 páginas
...the farther side of the earth) and will be lighted on its N. and W. faces. — HC A nthony. Owing to the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of the earth's orbit, the circle of illumination varies. When the sun is on the Tropic of Cancer, the circle... | |
 | George Edward Ellis - 1871 - 750 páginas
...that great First Cause which brought all things into existence." Besides that mechanical contrivance, the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of the ecliptic, — the simple but stupendous means which causes the changes of the seasons, — other agencies are... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1871 - 540 páginas
...into the other; and so cataclysms are produced at regular intervals of 10,500 years. In consequence of the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of its orbit, we have our change of seasons; and in consequence of the ellipticity of that orbit, the... | |
 | Aleksander Chodźko - 1874 - 1022 páginas
...— Unit , the obliquity of a line. — ekliplyki, the obliquity of the ecliptic. — osi ziemskie} do ekliptyki, the inclination of the axis of the earth...of the ecliptic. = crooked back, stooping posture. POCHYfcY,A,E, sloping, slanting; inclined; crooked, bent down, stooping. Na — e drzewo i kozy skuczq,... | |
 | Joseph W. Spoor - 1874 - 158 páginas
...orbit ? A. The great circle of the celestial sphere is intersected by the Earth's orbit. Q. What is the inclination of the axis of the Earth to the plane of its orbit? A. It is sixty-six and one-half degrees. Q. Then at what point do the Ecliptic and equinoctial... | |
 | Strother Ancrum Smith - 1877 - 302 páginas
...cooling of the crust of the earth, supposed to .have been originally in a molten state, or by a change in the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of the ecliptic. But during each geological epoch, the climate of a place can depend only on (i) its latitude, (2) its... | |
 | Henry Grattan Guinness - 1878 - 736 páginas
...securing that uniformity of solar influence, which is needful for the continuation of terrestrial life. The inclination of the axis of the earth, to the plane of her orbit, for instance, is at present undergoing a steady, though very slow diminution. Were this... | |
 | James Reynolds (F.R.G.S.) - 1878 - 226 páginas
...on the opposite side of the globe, or in New Zealand. THE SEASONS. The grand cause of the seasons is the inclination of the axis of the Earth to the plane of its orbit during the revolution of the globe round the sun. This inclination is to the extent of 23^... | |
 | Henry Grattan Guinness - 1879 - 756 páginas
...securing that uniformity of solar influence, which is needful for the continuation of terrestrial life. The inclination of the axis of the earth, to the plane of her orbit, for instance, is at present undergoing a steady, though very slow diminution. Were this... | |
 | 1880 - 754 páginas
...edge of the horizon . It can be very readily seen from Fig. 2 how the change of seasons is caused by the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of its orbit ; and that, if this axis were perpendicular to the plane AB, the sun would be always overhead... | |
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The true cause of the variation of the seasons consists in the inclination of the axis of the earth to the plane of its orbit; or, in other words, to the ecliptic. 
