equinoctial line
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Under the equinoctial line he has no disposition for exertion, his physiological relations with the climate making quietism most agreeable to him.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William
Crossing the equinoctial line, Our Artist discovers that the rays of a vertical sun are anything but bracing and cool.
From Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers Leaves from The Sketch-Book of a Traveller, 1864-1868 by Carleton, George W.
It was situated within the torrid zone, south of the equinoctial line, where the south pole is elevated five degrees and distant from said island, bearing south, about five hundred leagues.
From Amerigo Vespucci by Ober, Frederick Albion
They thought there was nothing south of the equinoctial line but an immense sea and some poor and barren islands.
From Amerigo Vespucci by Ober, Frederick Albion
The season was very contrary to us, by reason of the course of our navigation being continually in contact with the equinoctial line, where, in the month of June, it is winter.
From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Casas, Bartolom? de las
