The book of Nature Laid Open, in a Popular Survey of the Phenomena And Constitution of the Universe;
The book of Nature Laid Open, in a Popular Survey of the Phenomena And Constitution of the Universe;
Rev W Hutton
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What is called the transit of Venus, is the passing of this planet over the sun's face, which hap- pens only twice in about one hundred arid twenty years. Next to Venus comes our Earth, attended by her constant companion, or satellite, the Moon. The diameter df the Earth may be computed to be about .7,964 miles, her distance from the sun ninety -five millions of miles, and, moving at the fate of 68,000 milesan hour, she completes her annual revolution in 365 days and somewhat less than six hour...s, aH thfe while whirling round on her axis, once in twenty- four hours, with such velocity that the inhabitants of the equator are earned -round at the rate^ of 1,045 miles, and those in the latitude of London about 644 miles in an hour. We have already explained several of the pheno- mena resulting from the motion of the Earth; but there is one asti'onomical fact we will here mention^ which may sound strange in the ears of some of our i^ders, viz. that we ^re actually nigher the sun in winter than in summer!- Were it not for this, it is presumed that the severity of our winters (being chief- DigitifedbyCiOOQlC BOOK OF NATURE I^AID OPEN.
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