Astronomical Recreations: Or, Sketches of the Relative Position and Mythological History of the Constellations ... Illustrated by a Series of Coloured Plates |
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... Cephei , Eta Antinoi , Omicron Ceti , and some others . From these circumstances it has been concluded with great probability , that each star is the centre of a system , having planets and comets moving round it , similar to those ...
... Cephei , Eta Antinoi , Omicron Ceti , and some others . From these circumstances it has been concluded with great probability , that each star is the centre of a system , having planets and comets moving round it , similar to those ...
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... Cepheus . Turandus . Cameloparda- lis . Custos Messium . PLATE II . — Ursa Major . Leo Minor . Cor Caroli . Quadrans Muralis . PLATE III . - Lynx . Auriga . Telescopium Herschelii . PLATE IV . - Perseus et Caput Medusa . Cassiopeia ...
... Cepheus . Turandus . Cameloparda- lis . Custos Messium . PLATE II . — Ursa Major . Leo Minor . Cor Caroli . Quadrans Muralis . PLATE III . - Lynx . Auriga . Telescopium Herschelii . PLATE IV . - Perseus et Caput Medusa . Cassiopeia ...
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... Cepheus, Andromeda and Cetus; that of Calisto and her son Areas, in Ursa Major; that of Icareus and his daughter Erigone, in Bootes and Virgo. Ursa Minor relates to one of the nurses of Jupiter; Auriga to Erechthonius; Ophiuchus to ...
... Cepheus, Andromeda and Cetus; that of Calisto and her son Areas, in Ursa Major; that of Icareus and his daughter Erigone, in Bootes and Virgo. Ursa Minor relates to one of the nurses of Jupiter; Auriga to Erechthonius; Ophiuchus to ...
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... Lyra Alruccabah Tarandus 2 * + ** a 325 330 Cygnus Lacerta Honores Frederici Alderamin CEPHEUS Custos Mess Cassiopeia L ACT E Perseus 335 340 345 350 10 20 25 30 Andromeda 05 50 45 230 225 220 215 Bootes Muralis Quadrans. Corona ...
... Lyra Alruccabah Tarandus 2 * + ** a 325 330 Cygnus Lacerta Honores Frederici Alderamin CEPHEUS Custos Mess Cassiopeia L ACT E Perseus 335 340 345 350 10 20 25 30 Andromeda 05 50 45 230 225 220 215 Bootes Muralis Quadrans. Corona ...
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... Cepheus . - Tarandus . - Camelopardalis . Custos Messium . VIA LACTEA . — THE MILKY WAY . THE Milky Way , or Galaxy as it is sometimes called , is certainly one of the most striking objects in the sky . When examined without the ...
... Cepheus . - Tarandus . - Camelopardalis . Custos Messium . VIA LACTEA . — THE MILKY WAY . THE Milky Way , or Galaxy as it is sometimes called , is certainly one of the most striking objects in the sky . When examined without the ...
Common terms and phrases
&c.-This constellation &c.-This sign Aldebaran Algenib ancient Andromeda animal annular spot Antares Antinous appears Aquarius Aquila Arcturus Argo Navis Aries asterism astronomers Auriga Bootes bounded called Cancer Canis Minor Capella Capricornus Cassiopeia Castor Cepheus Cetus constellation Cygnus Delphinus Delta Dendera Dolphin Draco drawing a line earth ecliptic Ecliptica Egyptian Epsilon Equuleus Eridanus fable foot found by drawing fourth magnitude Gemini girdle Greeks Halo head heavens Hebrew zodiac Hercules HEVEL History Honores Frederici Hydra Iota Jupiter Kappa Leo Minor Libra line drawn Lion luminous Lynx Lyra Markab Milky Monoceros Moon nebulous northern observed Ophiuchus Orion Pegasus Perseus Pisces Piscis placed Plate Pleiades Pole star Pollux Position principal stars quadrilateral figure Regulus remarkable represented Sagittarius Scheat Scorpio second magnitude Sextans Sirius small stars southern Spica supposed tail Taurus telescope Theta third magnitude three stars triangle Ursa Major Ursa Minor Virgo Zeta zodiacs of Dendera
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Page 77 - Dan shall be a serpent by the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse heels, So that his rider shall fall backward.
Page 59 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Page xi - So sung The glorious train ascending : He through heaven, That open'd wide her blazing portals, led To God's eternal house direct the way, A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement stars...
Page 82 - I was called up," says Mr. Ellicott, " about 3 o'clock in the morning, to see the shooting stars, as they are called. The phenomenon was grand and awful. The whole heavens appeared as if illuminated with sky-rockets, which disappeared only by the light of the sun, after daybreak. The meteors, which at any one instant of time appeared as numerous as the stars, flew in all possible directions except from the earth...
Page 47 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Page 82 - I was called up about three o'clock in the morning, to see the shooting stars, as they are called. The phenomenon was grand and awful. The whole heavens appeared as if illuminated with sky-rockets, which disappeared only by the light of the sun after daybreak. The meteors, which at any one instant of time appeared as numerous as the stars, flew in all possible directions, except from the earth, towards which they all inclined more or less ; and some of them descended perpendicularly over the vessel...