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Definition of Tropic of Cancer
1. Noun. A line of latitude about 23 degrees to the north of the equator.
Definition of Tropic of Cancer
1. Proper noun. (geography) The parallel of latitude 23°30?north of the equator, marking the northern boundary of the tropics; the sun is directly overhead at the summer solstice. ¹
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Literary usage of Tropic of Cancer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... lei of latitude the second portion stretches north to the Tropic of Cancer,
bordered on the east and south by China, Annam, and Siam, and on the west by ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The northern one touches the ecliptic at the sign Cancer, and is thence called
the Tropic of Cancer, the southern one being for a similar reason called the ..."
3. Journal of Voyages and Travels by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet by Daniel Tyerman, George Bennet, London Missionary Society (1832)
"... —North-east Trade Wind—Sucking Fish-—Cross the Tropic of Cancer —Flying
Fishes—The Black Whale—The Southern Cross—Whit- Monday—A Shark caught—Exploit of ..."
4. An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human by Samuel Stanhope Smith (1810)
"... under the very tropic of Cancer, he saw, in the house of one of their chiefs,
a woman of the most beautiful form, the most delicate skin, ..."
5. The Land of the Monuments: Notes of Egyptian Travel by Joseph Pollard (1898)
"... the ancient Syene—Tropic of Cancer—Juvenal — Island of Abu or Elephantine—The
Isle of Flowers—The tombs in the Western Hills—Cemetery—Quarries—Obelisk— ..."
6. Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy: Considered in It's [sic by George Adams (1794)
"... through Cancer is called the tropic of Cancer ; and for the fame ... that the
day is the longed when the fun is in the tropic of Cancer, and the flight ..."
7. Round Cape Horn: Voyage of the Passenger-ship James W. Paige, from Maine to by Joseph Lamson (1878)
"... Cape Verde Islands—Religious services—A school of porpoises—A Dutch vessel A
flying-fish—Annoyances— Bad cooking—A practical joke — Tropic of Cancer. ..."
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