...Angle EAB, which in the Equinoctial Paints is always a right Angle; and in the Solftices it is equal to the Inclination of the Earth's Axis to the Plane of the Ecliptick, and is always eaual to the vifible Diftance of the Sun from the Pole : Hence in this Triangle,...

...it more than 2". The Obfervations of the foregoing Stars are the moft proper, to prove the Change or the Inclination of the Earth's Axis to the Plane of the Ecliptic i thofe, which follow, will fhew in what manner the Stars, that lie near the Equinoctial Colure, are...

...Scafons of the Year, with all the deiightful Varieties thereof, are found to be owing to the Inc/intiion of the Earth's Axis to the Plane of the Ecliptic, in which the Sun always appears to move ; being 66 Degrees 3 1 Minutes and a half, at this Time, 1760 ; but...

...Granting, for argument's fake, that there is, and has been, a regular and fucceffive diminution of the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of the ecliptic, and making the mof t liberal allowances with regard to its quantity, thefe conceffions will not, according...

...Granting, for argument's fake, that there is, and has been, a regular and fuccefiive diminution of the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of the ecliptic, and making the moft liberal allowances with regard to its quantity, thefe conceffions will not, according...

...of night in tropical regions. Our philosophical pupils will also recollect, that in consequence of the inclination of the earth's axis to' the plane of the ecliptic, conjoined with its annual and diurnal rotations, it so happens that the length of the day must be invariably...

...fun. We have now only to fhew what caufes the changes of pofition in the terminator, which arex i. The inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of the ecliptic, or orbit in which it moves. 2. That through the whole of it's annual courfe, the axis of the earth...

...76.4. 77.6 78.6 The observations of the foregoing stars are the most proper, to prove the change of the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of the ecliptic; those which follow will show in what manner the stars, that lie near the equinoctial colure are affected,...

...THE LUNARIUM. Plate \%,jig. 2. Having thus illustrated the phenomena, which arise particularly from the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of the ecliptic, from its rotation round its axis, and revolution round the sun ; I now proceed to explain, by this...

...a part of the revolving globe. The changes in the position of the terminator are occasioned—1. By the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of the ecliptic, or orbit in which it r 2 84 OF THE SEASONS OF THE YEAR. moves. — 2. Because, through the whole of...