Easy Star LessonsChatto & Windus, 1881 - 239 páginas |
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... present . For though some star groups , like the Plough , Orion , the Pleiades , and so on , can be re- cognized in all positions , yet most of them are not so well marked , and when seen in one position might easily be mistaken for new ...
... present . For though some star groups , like the Plough , Orion , the Pleiades , and so on , can be re- cognized in all positions , yet most of them are not so well marked , and when seen in one position might easily be mistaken for new ...
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... present a different appearance from northern and southern maps . There is a great space under the various horizon lines in these maps , where the stars are shown black on a white ground , to indicate that they are not visible from any ...
... present a different appearance from northern and southern maps . There is a great space under the various horizon lines in these maps , where the stars are shown black on a white ground , to indicate that they are not visible from any ...
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... present in use , I used to imagine among the stars the figures of such objects as I was most familiar with . In the constellation of the Swan , I saw a capital kite . In the Great Bear I saw the figure of a toy very common at that time ...
... present in use , I used to imagine among the stars the figures of such objects as I was most familiar with . In the constellation of the Swan , I saw a capital kite . In the Great Bear I saw the figure of a toy very common at that time ...
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... present Pollux is the brighter , according to Sir J. Herschel's estimate , nearly in the proportion of four to three . Formerly this group was represented by a pair of kids ; but the Greeks substituted twin - children with their feet ...
... present Pollux is the brighter , according to Sir J. Herschel's estimate , nearly in the proportion of four to three . Formerly this group was represented by a pair of kids ; but the Greeks substituted twin - children with their feet ...
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... present seen in the west , is not precisely that which we expect a horse to occupy , even if he has wings permitting of his assuming other varieties of position than are usual among ordinary horses . Neither is Andromeda in the attitude ...
... present seen in the west , is not precisely that which we expect a horse to occupy , even if he has wings permitting of his assuming other varieties of position than are usual among ordinary horses . Neither is Andromeda in the attitude ...
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Admiral Smyth Andromeda Aquarius astronomers AURIGA Berenices BESANT and JAMES Boötes Boston Philad Louisville bright star Canis Minor Capella Capricornus Cassiopeia Cepheus Cetus cloth extra cloth limp COLLINS Coma Berenices constellation Crown 8vo Cygnus Demy 8vo Eastern Sky Ecliptic Edited Equator Eridanus Facsimile Gemini gilt heavens HERCULES horizon line Horizon of Boston Horizon of London hour HYDRA JAMES PAYN JAMES RICE lat of Boston latitude of Louisville latitude of Philad Little Bear London Boston Philad London Eng Louisville Philad Boston MACQUOID Mag 3rd marked Milky nearly NOrleans NOrleans Louisville Philad Northern Sky numerous Illustrations O'for Ofor Ois the point Ophiuchus Orion OUIDA Pegasus Perseus Philad Boston London picture PISCES Pleiades Plough point overhead pole Pole-star position Post 8vo PROCTOR seen shown Sky at 10PM SOUTHERN MAP STAR MAPS star-groups Starof TAURUS telescope URSA MAJOR URSA MINOR Virgo Vols WESTERN MAP WILKIE COLLINS zodiacal
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