ASCH

ASCH,in Geography, are those Inhabitants of the Globe, which, at certain Times of the Year, have no Shadow. See Globe and Shadow. Such are the Inhabitants of the Torrid Zone; by reason the Sun is sometimes vertical to them. See Torrid and Zone. To find on what Days the People of any Parallel are Aschii. See GLOBE. The Word is formed of the privative Particle ἀ, and σκιά, Umbra, Shadow.