 | Malthe Conrad Bruun - 1822 - 696 pages
...the name of tropics, — that is, circles of return n. That which corresponds to the summer solstice, is called the tropic of Cancer, and the other, the tropic of Capricorn. Polar cu> The circles IK and ik, which circumscribe towards each pole, the part of the earth's... | |
 | Conrad Malte-Brun - Atlases - 1827 - 564 pages
...the name of tropics, — that is, circles of return.* That which corresponds to the summer solstice, is called the tropic of Cancer, and the other, the tropic of Capricorn. r0Ur circlet. | The circles IK and » k, which circumscribe towards each pole, tho part... | |
 | First steps - Astronomy - 1828 - 456 pages
...beginning of the constellation of Capricorn, the Goat, another of the signs ; for which reason one is called the Tropic of Cancer, and the other the Tropic of Capricorn. The term Solstice is derived from two Latin words, sol, the sun, and sto, to stand, or continue... | |
 | Conrad Malte-Brun - Atlases - 1829 - 552 pages
...the name of tropics, — that is, circles of return.* That which corresponds to the summer solstice, is called the tropic of Cancer, and the other, the tropic of Capricorn. Polar circle«. | The circles IK and tk, which circumscribe towards each pole, the part... | |
 | William Augustus Norton - Astronomy - 1839 - 530 pages
...the equator equal to the obliquity of the ecliptic. That which is on the north side of the equator, is called the Tropic of Cancer, and the other, the Tropic of Capricorn. The tropics touch the ecliptic at the solstitial points. Let C (Fig. 4) represent the centre... | |
 | System - 1842 - 894 pages
...the same course, have received the name of tropics. That which corresponds to the summer solstice, is called the tropic of Cancer, and the other, the tropic of Capricorn. The circles which circumscribe towards each pole, the part of the earth's surface deprived... | |
 | James Laurie - Geography - 1842 - 1098 pages
...the same course, have received the name of tropics. That which corresponds to the summer solstice, is called the tropic of Cancer, and the other, the tropic of Capricorn. The circles which circumscribe towards each pole, the part of the earth's surface deprived... | |
 | Janet Taylor - Nautical astronomy - 1842 - 592 pages
...appears to turn back towards the equinoctial ; that tropic which cuts the beginning of the sign Caneer, is called the tropic of Cancer, and the other the tropic of Capricorn. The nodes are the points in which the plane of any planet's orbit, or path, intersects the... | |
 | Janet Taylor - Nautical astronomy - 1851 - 674 pages
...appears to turn back towards the equinoctial ; that tropic which cuts the beginning of the sign Cancer, is called the tropic of Cancer, and the other the tropic of Capricorn. The arctic circle is a small circle parallel to the equinoctial, at the distance of 23°... | |
 | William Tegg - 1858 - 80 pages
...parallels of latitude, north and south, which limit the position of the vertical rays of the sun. The one is called the tropic of Cancer, and the other the tropic of Capricorn. Q. What are the arctic and antarctic circles ? A. The two parallels of latitude which limit... | |
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... upon which the rays of the sun fall vertically at the two solstices. These limits, at which the sun appears to stop and then return in the same course, have received the name of tropics. 
