Conversations On Natural Philosophy : in Which the Elements of That Science Are Familiarly Explained, And Adapted to the Comprehension of Young Persons
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will be greater in proportion to their distance from the equator.
MES. B.
"We shall now follow the earth through the other half of her orbit ; and you wiU observe that exactly the same effect takes place in the southern hemisphere, as that we have just remarked in the northern. Day com- mences at the south pole when night sets in at the north pole ; and in every other part of the southern hemisphere the days are longer than the nights ; while, on the con- trary, our nights are longer than our d...ays. When the earth arrives at the vernal equinox, D, where the ecliptic again cuts the equator, on the twenty-second of March, it is situated, with respect to the sun, exactly in the same position as in the autumnal equinox ; and the only difference with respect to the earth is, that it is now autumn in the southern hemisphere, while it is spring with us.
CAEOLINE.
Then the days and nights are again every where equal ?
MES. B.
Yes ; for that half of the globe which is illumined extends exactly from one pole to the other ; the day breaks to the north pole, and the sun sets to the south pole ; but in every other part of the globe the day and night is of twelve hours' length ; hence the word equinox, which is derived from the Latin, meaning equal night.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
will be greater in proportion to their distance from the equator.
MES. B.
"We shall now follow the earth through the other half of her orbit ; and you wiU observe that exactly the same effect takes place in the southern hemisphere, as that we have just remarked in the northern. Day com- mences at the south pole when night sets in at the north pole ; and in every other part of the southern hemisphere the days are longer than the nights ; while, on the con- trary, our nights are longer than our d...ays. When the earth arrives at the vernal equinox, D, where the ecliptic again cuts the equator, on the twenty-second of March, it is situated, with respect to the sun, exactly in the same position as in the autumnal equinox ; and the only difference with respect to the earth is, that it is now autumn in the southern hemisphere, while it is spring with us.
CAEOLINE.
Then the days and nights are again every where equal ?
MES. B.
Yes ; for that half of the globe which is illumined extends exactly from one pole to the other ; the day breaks to the north pole, and the sun sets to the south pole ; but in every other part of the globe the day and night is of twelve hours' length ; hence the word equinox, which is derived from the Latin, meaning equal night.
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