Easy Star LessonsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1882 - 239 páginas |
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... placed , if the observer lies on his back and looks straight up to the point overhead ; but that is not a pleasant way of looking at the sky . In the eastern and western maps are shown all the con- stellations which cannot well be shown ...
... placed , if the observer lies on his back and looks straight up to the point overhead ; but that is not a pleasant way of looking at the sky . In the eastern and western maps are shown all the con- stellations which cannot well be shown ...
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... when partly below the horizon . Let us inquire , first , where the Plough or Dipper is to be looked for , and in what position its stars are placed , at various hours all the year round . Of course , 16 INTRODUCTION .
... when partly below the horizon . Let us inquire , first , where the Plough or Dipper is to be looked for , and in what position its stars are placed , at various hours all the year round . Of course , 16 INTRODUCTION .
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... placed , especially if the night of observation is half clouded , so that all the seven stars are perhaps not seen at once . The seven stars lie low down to the north ( as shown at I in Fig . 3 ) at about six in the evening of December ...
... placed , especially if the night of observation is half clouded , so that all the seven stars are perhaps not seen at once . The seven stars lie low down to the north ( as shown at I in Fig . 3 ) at about six in the evening of December ...
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... placed as at 1 , a little above and to the right ( or east ) of the true pole . The Guardians are at 1. The Plough is now at its lowest ; but , as the picture shows , all the seven stars are visible at all places in the latitude of ...
... placed as at 1 , a little above and to the right ( or east ) of the true pole . The Guardians are at 1. The Plough is now at its lowest ; but , as the picture shows , all the seven stars are visible at all places in the latitude of ...
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... placed as in the northern map , I see not a mere snake with his Fig . 6 Fig . 7 . head as in Fig . 5 , but a monstrous. * Aratus , in describing the constellations , speaks of the Dragon as ' with eyes oblique retorted , that askant cast ...
... placed as in the northern map , I see not a mere snake with his Fig . 6 Fig . 7 . head as in Fig . 5 , but a monstrous. * Aratus , in describing the constellations , speaks of the Dragon as ' with eyes oblique retorted , that askant cast ...
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Términos y frases comunes
1st Magde 2nd Mag Admiral Smyth Algol Andromeda Aquarius Aquila astronomers AURIGA Boötes Boston Ofor Boston Philad Louisville bright star called Canis Minor Capella Capricornus Cassiopeia Cepheus Cetus Coma Berenices constellation Cygnus Dipper DRACO east eastern Ecliptic Equator Eridanus figure formed Gemini head HERCULES Horizon of Boston Horizon of London Horizon of NOrleans Hydra lat of Boston latitude of Louisville latitude of Philad Leo Minor Little Bear London Boston Philad London Eng Louisville Philad Boston LYNX Mag 3rd Milky motion nearly NOrleans NOrleans Louisville Philad O'for Ois the point Ophiuchus Orion Pegasus Perseus Philad Boston London Philad Star PISCES Pleiades Plough point overhead pole Pole-star position seen Serpent seven stars shown Sky at 10PM SOUTHERN MAP Southern Sky STAR MAPS Star of 1st Star of 2nd star-groups Starof stellation TAURUS telescope URSA MAJOR URSA MINOR Virgo WESTERN MAP Western Sky zodiacal
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Página 175 - Round he surveys, and well might, where he stood So high above the circling canopy Of night's extended shade, from eastern point Of Libra to the fleecy star that bears Andromeda far off Atlantic seas. Beyond the horizon...
Página 25 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Página 68 - Thro' cells of madness, haunts of horror and fear, That I come to be grateful at last for a little thing : My mood is changed, for it fell at a time of year When the face of night is fair on the dewy downs, And the shining daffodil dies, and the Charioteer And starry Gemini hang like glorious crowns Over Orion's grave low down in the west...
Página 211 - And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Página 211 - And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Página 225 - With threatening head, and calls the Twins to rise; They clasp for fear, and mutually embrace, And next the Twins with an unsteady pace Bright Cancer rolls; then Leo shakes his mane And following Virgo calms his rage again.
Página 45 - ... Canis Minor being the other ; but we can hardly suppose Lepus was the sole prey pursued by so great a giant and two such fine dogs. The constellation Canis Major is chiefly remarkable for the Dog-star. In old times this star was thought to bring pestilence. Homer speaks of it (not by name, however) as the star " Whose burning breath Taints the red air with fevers, plagues and death.