Système solaire. Théorie des saisons (1873)
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| Publisher | Reliefs Editions |
| ISBN | 9782380362923 |
| Idea Code | 260304 |
Based on an original black-and-white chart from the 1850s, this revised and reissued chromolithograph remained in print until the end of the nineteenth century. The version shown here dates from 1873, when it appeared as the seventh plate in Adam and Charles Black’s General Atlas of the World. In addition to a depiction of the Solar System, the chart fills its visual and textual space with a wealth of illustrated information. Among the topics presented are the comparative sizes of the planets; a table showing the apparent size of the Sun as seen from eleven celestial bodies; the cycle of the seasons; climatic zones; meridians and parallels; the theory of the tides; solar eclipses; the phases of the Moon; a mariner’s compass; dawn and twilight; the Earth's spherical shape and atmospheric refraction; and the differing patterns of summer and winter sunlight.
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