Excerpt from Description of the Solar Compass: Together With Directions for Its Adjustment and Use The reader is referred to some work on Astronomy learn how the apparent path of the sun in the heaven brought about, by the diurnal revolutions of the earth, the inclination of its poles to the plane of its orbit; I would add, that these remarks apply to the apparent re lutions of the planets and fixed stars, also. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.