...as theie Parallels are more or lefs remote from the Equator, the Angle comprehended by a Ray úrawn from the Center of the Sun to the Center of the Earth, and by the Axis of the World, changes accordingly : for Inftance, the Sun being in the £ quator, this...

...Earth from the dark Side, is called the Circle of the Interfection of Light and Shadow ; a Line drawn from the Center of the Sun, to the Center of the Earth, is always perpendicular to the Plane of this Circle. IF the Axis of the Earth had been placed in a...

...apparent altitude was 54° 10', The moon's altitude 20° 37', Moon's parallax 57' 12", "What was the true distance from the center of the sun to the center of the moon ? Moon's apparent altitude = 20° 37' Refraction = -2' 30" Parallax = 53' 32" Moon's true altitude...

...a circular orbit, or Whence, for the earth as a whole *>tr=Mt L . . . (2) in which r is, strictly, the distance from the center of the sun to the center of the earth. For a small mass Ml forming a portion of the earth and situated at its center, we have from (2) w imr...

...represent the sun. This is the position the earth has relative to the sun March 21. 1. Imagine a thread from the center of the sun to the center of the earth. At what point does it pierce the earth's surface ? This is called the " vertical ray." 2. What angle...

...the earth is in a horizontal position at the time of the equinoxes, if then a straight line is drawn from the center of the sun to the center of the earth, it will be perpendicular to the axis of the earth, that is exactly vertical with it, thus forming two...

...sphere by several astrologers, its center the center of the earth, and its radius equal to a line drawn from the center of the sun to the center of the earth. This was written for the unlearned, as you have known from the astrologers . ... . [Aristarchus of...

...interaction which is of concern to the Committee, but the science involved in the study of everything from the center of the Sun to the center of the Earth. It is our intention to support the IGBP activity at the Academy as one means of responding to your...

...goals now being considered for IGBP. These range from a program encompassing all scientific Issues from the center of the Sun to the center of the Earth, to a much more limited program focussed on global change with its emphasis on natural and "man-induced"...

...direct normal, or beam radiation. It is accurately modeled to arrive in a path coincident with the ray from the center of the sun to the center of the earth. The remaining radiation, called the diffuse component, is scattered in all directions with a distribution...