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COMMON THINGS. 



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CHAPTER III. 



62. Neon 63. Clock time and sun time. 64. Declination of sun. 

 65. Tropics. 66. Solstices. 67. Dog days. 68. Why Midsummer 

 is not the hottest season. 69. Unequal intervals between the 

 equinoxes. 70. Signs of the Zodiac. 71. Their designations. 

 72. Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. 73. Change of position of 

 constellations. 74. Zodiac. 75. Ecliptic. 76. Other contents of 

 Almanack, 77. Astronomical terms. 78. Conjunction. 79. Oppo- 

 sition. 80. Quadratures. 81. Morning and evening star. 82. Fur- 

 ther illustrations. 83. Lunar changes. 84. When said to be gibbous. 



62. IN the daily course of the sun through the firmament, 

 there are three important epochs, the beginning, the middle, and 

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