equinoctial line
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Though within the tropic zone, and but a few degrees from the equinoctial line, there is chillness in the air of the night, now nearing its mid-hours.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne
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
We took possession of it, in the name of his most serene majesty, and found it to be pleasant and verdant, and situated five degrees south of the equinoctial line.
From Amerigo Vespucci by Ober, Frederick Albion
The islands are five in number, and are called Tarante, Muthil, Thidore, Mare, and Matthien; some on this side some on the other, and some upon the equinoctial line.
From The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines by Butterworth, Hezekiah
Called also the equinoctial line, or simply the line, being an imaginary circle round the earth, dividing the globe into two equal parts, and equally distant from both poles.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
