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... FIGURE OF DRAGON 6 and 7 MODERN FIGURES . 8 ANDROMEDA 9 PEGASUS · دو 39 33 22 " " 21 HER CHAIR VIRGO PERSEUS 23 OPHIUCHUS AND SCORPIO 24 BOOTES AND CORONA ΙΟ ORION · • 29 II CETUS 12 99 TAURUS 99 13 URSA MINOR 99 14 ARGO , CANIS ...
... FIGURE OF DRAGON 6 and 7 MODERN FIGURES . 8 ANDROMEDA 9 PEGASUS · دو 39 33 22 " " 21 HER CHAIR VIRGO PERSEUS 23 OPHIUCHUS AND SCORPIO 24 BOOTES AND CORONA ΙΟ ORION · • 29 II CETUS 12 99 TAURUS 99 13 URSA MINOR 99 14 ARGO , CANIS ...
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... figure after which they named it . I have heard it said that the liveliest imagination cannot form figures of familiar objects out of the stars ; but this is certainly a mistake , for I know that when I was a lad , and before I had ...
... figure after which they named it . I have heard it said that the liveliest imagination cannot form figures of familiar objects out of the stars ; but this is certainly a mistake , for I know that when I was a lad , and before I had ...
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... figure ; and for my own part I have no doubt whatever that the stars ẞ and y were the eyes of the dragon they imagined , and that its head was pictured in their imagination somewhat as shown in Fig . 6. 24 THE STARS FOR JANUARY .
... figure ; and for my own part I have no doubt whatever that the stars ẞ and y were the eyes of the dragon they imagined , and that its head was pictured in their imagination somewhat as shown in Fig . 6. 24 THE STARS FOR JANUARY .
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... figures have been largely reduced in extent . When I look northward at the Dragon placed as in the northern map , I see not a mere snake with his Fig . 7 . head as in Fig . 5 , but a monstrous. * Aratus , in describing the constellations ...
... figures have been largely reduced in extent . When I look northward at the Dragon placed as in the northern map , I see not a mere snake with his Fig . 7 . head as in Fig . 5 , but a monstrous. * Aratus , in describing the constellations ...
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... figure complete , I have to take in a large piece from the Little Bear . The stars thus borrowed make a great wing ... figures the ancients really imagined among the stars . But you will be disposed to think differently when I mention ...
... figure complete , I have to take in a large piece from the Little Bear . The stars thus borrowed make a great wing ... figures the ancients really imagined among the stars . But you will be disposed to think differently when I mention ...
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Academy Notes Admiral Smyth Andromeda Aquarius astronomers Auriga Berenices BESANT and JAMES Boötes Boston Philad Louisville bright star Canis Canis Minor Capella Capricornus Cassiopeia Cepheus Cetus cloth extra cloth limp COLLINS Coma Berenices constellation Crown 8vo Cygnus Demy 8vo east Eastern Sky Ecliptic Edited Equator Facsimile Gemini gilt heavens HERCULES horizon line Horizon of Boston Horizon of London hour HYDRA JAMES PAYN JAMES RICE lat of Boston latitude of Philad Little Bear London Boston Philad London Eng Louisville Philad Boston MACQUOID marked Milky nearly NOrleans northern numerous Illustrations O'for Ois the point Ophiuchus Orion OUIDA Pegasus Perseus Philad Star picture Pleiades Plough point overhead pole Pole-star position Post 8vo PROCTOR seen Serpent shown Sky at 10PM SOUTHERN MAP Southern Sky STAR MAPS Star of 1st Star of 2nd star-groups Starof TAURUS telescope URSA MAJOR URSA MINOR Virgo Vols WESTERN MAP WILKIE COLLINS zodiacal
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