Assertion: sphere | /r/CapableOf | cross the ecliptic
Facets:
value: to opposite points
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: at an angle of 5⅓ degrees
type: MANNER
value: for shifting these points
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: In the north pole of the ecliptic is a nut b, to which is fixed one end of the quadrantal wire, and to the other end a small sun Y, which is carried round the ecliptic B—B, by turning the nut : and in the south pole of the ecliptic is a pin d, on which is another quadrantal wire, with a small moon Ζ upon it, which may be moved round by hand : but there is a particular contrivance for causing the moon to move in an orbit which crosses the ecliptic at an angle of 5⅓ degrees, to opposite points called the moon's nodes; and also for shifting these points backward in the ecliptic, as the moon's nodes shift in the heaven.