. A system of geography; or, A new & accurate description of the earth in all its empires, kingdoms and states. Illustrated with history and topography, and maps of every country ... ^^?^^ ? i.^rfH^ 1- . perpetual /Equinox contisues to this^placeC The An introduBkn to Geography,. the Oblique Sphere i« fuch a Situation of theWorld, as the Axis of it ( being neither n^ht notparallel to the Horizon,; inclines obliquely toone of the fides of the Honzon as in this Figure. Andin this cafe, when the Axis neither lies on theHorizon nor cuts it at_ right Angles, as much as one of the Poles is rail-ed a
. A system of geography; or, A new & accurate description of the earth in all its empires, kingdoms and states. Illustrated with history and topography, and maps of every country ... ^^?^^ ? i.^rfH^ 1- . perpetual /Equinox contisues to this^placeC The An introduBkn to Geography,. the Oblique Sphere i« fuch a Situation of theWorld, as the Axis of it ( being neither n^ht notparallel to the Horizon,; inclines obliquely toone of the fides of the Honzon as in this Figure. Andin this cafe, when the Axis neither lies on theHorizon nor cuts it at_ right Angles, as much as one of the Poles is rail-ed above the Horizon,fo much the other is de-prefsd below it : andthe Sun and Stars af-cend and defcend ob-liquely, and fome of rhemnever afcend at all. Andhere it will not be amifsto take notice of the dif-ference of the four Seafons of the year. For [fromthe Vernal ^Equinox to the Summer Solftice, thedays are longer than the Nights, and they conti-nually increafe. From the Summer Solftice to the Au-tumnal ;Equinox, the days exceed the nights, butilill flecreafe. From the Autumnal Equinox tothe Winter Solftice, the days decreafe and the nightsgrow longer. Laftly from the Winter Solftice tothe Vernal /Equhiox, the days, tho they be ftiorter» than the nights, are ftill encre
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