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The variation in the length of daylight
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 2016
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It is a well-known fact that the number of hours of daylight varies with the time of year, except at points on the equator. It is sometimes thought that at latitudes between the Arctic and Antarctic circles the variation takes the form of a sine curve. However there is no theoretical basis for this idea, although it is true that a sine curve may give quite a good approximation.
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