...could make choice of, we fee really eftablifhed in Nature, we cannot but acknowledge it to be the iflue of Wifdom, Counfel, and Providence. Moreover, a further...of the Earth were perpendicular to the Plane of the E.cliptickj her motion would be more eafie and natural, yet notvvithftanding for the Conveniences fore-mentioned,...

...which it would ap~Eaft in the pear to defcribe a Circle, which would indeed be the fame as the Equator, if the Axis of the Earth were perpendicular to the Plane of its annual Circle, but muft now differ from it, and interfeiS it at an Angle of Twenty-three Degrees...

...all thofe Viciffitudes of Seafon that yearly happen, w'st. Summer, Winter, Spring, and Autumn: for if the Axis of the Earth were perpendicular to the Plane of its Orbit, there would be no Alterations of Seafbns, no Differences in the Days and Nights, but every...

...point of it's orbit, the axis will in every other pofition of the earth be parallel to the laid line. If the axis of the earth were perpendicular to the plane of it's orbit, the equator and the orbit (or ecliptic) would coincide; and as the fun is always in the...

...during summer than in winter; and this alternate sinking and rising is perceptible over the whole globe, If the axis of the earth were perpendicular to the plane of its orbit, the equator and the orbit (or ecliptic), would coincide ; and as the sun is always in the...

...sinking and rising is perceptible over the < ;. ?., irf I'- $ -ir r ,f :•) -.;.-.• : whole globe. If the axis of the earth were perpendicular to the plane of its orbit, the equator and the orbit (or ecliptic)^ would coincide ; and as the sun is always in the...

...of the ecliptic, or to the plane of its own orbit; and this gives us a variety of seasons: whereas if the axis of the earth were perpendicular to the plane of its own orbit round the sun, the following three consequences would be inevitable:— I. Its north...

...the four seasons? What in the figures represent The Earth's axis? Polar circles? Tropics? Equator? If the axis of the Earth were perpendicular to the plane of its orbit, how would the Sun shine? How much is the axis of the Earth inclined,and what does this inclination...

...of the ecliptic, or to the plane of its own orbit; and this gives ns a variety of seasons: whereas if the axis of the earth were perpendicular to the plane of its own orbit round the sun, the following three consequences would be inevitable : — 1. Its north...

...is on the twenty-first of March and September, the apparent diurnal motion of the sun is the same as if the axis of the earth were perpendicular to the plane of the equator; such indeed is its position at that time. After the vernal equinox, the sun moves northward,...