The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Solstices

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The time of the year (June 21 and December 21) at which the sun is at his greatest distance from the equator, north and south respectively. The turning points in the sun's declination, known as the summer and winter solstices, according to the hemisphere of the observer.

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