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... light of the great nebula which lies on the sword ( where shown ) , and on clear nights the dappled light of the Milky Way , which really extends over a part of this constellation , to say nothing of numbers of faint stars . scattered ...
... light of the great nebula which lies on the sword ( where shown ) , and on clear nights the dappled light of the Milky Way , which really extends over a part of this constellation , to say nothing of numbers of faint stars . scattered ...
Page 46
... light , bis silvery streams , And gloomy gulf of mystic shade . " V From the beginning of astronomy , and probably long before astronomy was thought of , this constellation was figured as a giant sometimes a giant hunter , a sort of ...
... light , bis silvery streams , And gloomy gulf of mystic shade . " V From the beginning of astronomy , and probably long before astronomy was thought of , this constellation was figured as a giant sometimes a giant hunter , a sort of ...
Page 47
... light And runs a course not than the sun's less bright : But that , removed from sight so great a way , It seems to cast a dim and weaker ray . " It has been shown in our own time , however , that even this estimate , which was by many ...
... light And runs a course not than the sun's less bright : But that , removed from sight so great a way , It seems to cast a dim and weaker ray . " It has been shown in our own time , however , that even this estimate , which was by many ...
Page 48
... light— for many years , and probably the greater number of them would still seem to be shining in the heavens long after the youngest of us were dead ; perhaps even after our great- grandchildren had passed away . Canis Minor ( the ...
... light— for many years , and probably the greater number of them would still seem to be shining in the heavens long after the youngest of us were dead ; perhaps even after our great- grandchildren had passed away . Canis Minor ( the ...
Page 88
... light , it emitted such light as comes from intensely heated vapours . Among the vapours in that star thus ( for the time ) intensely hot , were hydrogen , the vapours of the metals sodium and magnesium , and a vapour known . to be ...
... light , it emitted such light as comes from intensely heated vapours . Among the vapours in that star thus ( for the time ) intensely hot , were hydrogen , the vapours of the metals sodium and magnesium , and a vapour known . to be ...
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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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