The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas |
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Page 52
... TAURUS . THE BULL is represented in an attitude of rage , as if about to plunge at Orion , who seems to invite the ... Taurus represented ? What parts of the animal are to be seen ? marked that they cannot be mistaken . Taurus is now ...
... TAURUS . THE BULL is represented in an attitude of rage , as if about to plunge at Orion , who seems to invite the ... Taurus represented ? What parts of the animal are to be seen ? marked that they cannot be mistaken . Taurus is now ...
Page 53
... Taurus is now the second sign and third constellation of the Zodiac ; but ante rior to the time of Abraham , or more than 4000 years ago , the vernal equinox took place , and the year opened when the sun was in Taurus ; and the Bull ...
... Taurus is now the second sign and third constellation of the Zodiac ; but ante rior to the time of Abraham , or more than 4000 years ago , the vernal equinox took place , and the year opened when the sun was in Taurus ; and the Bull ...
Page 55
... direction of the star in the southern born ? What is the relative position of these stars ? What very bright star is seen 17 ° 30 ′ N. of Beta ? HISTORY According to the Grecian mythology , this is the MAP III . 55 TAURUS .
... direction of the star in the southern born ? What is the relative position of these stars ? What very bright star is seen 17 ° 30 ′ N. of Beta ? HISTORY According to the Grecian mythology , this is the MAP III . 55 TAURUS .
Page 56
... Taurus is ascribed to Joseph . ORION Whoever looks up to this constellation and learns its name , will never forget it . It is too beautifully splendid to need a description . When it is on the meridian , there is then above the horizon ...
... Taurus is ascribed to Joseph . ORION Whoever looks up to this constellation and learns its name , will never forget it . It is too beautifully splendid to need a description . When it is on the meridian , there is then above the horizon ...
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... Taurus rages close before ; Behind him Procyon barks , and Sirius growls , While full in front , the monster Cetus howls . See bright Capella , and Medusa there , With horrid serpents hissing through her hair , See Cancer too , and near ...
... Taurus rages close before ; Behind him Procyon barks , and Sirius growls , While full in front , the monster Cetus howls . See bright Capella , and Medusa there , With horrid serpents hissing through her hair , See Cancer too , and near ...
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3d magnitude 4th magnitude ancient angle appear Arcturus Argo Navis Aries astronomers Auriga axis Beta brightest called Cassiopeia celestial centre Cepheus circle cluster colure comet constellation Cor Caroli declination degree Denebola diameter direction distinguished diurnal motion Earth east ecliptic equal equator equinoctial figure fixed stars Gamma globe head heavenly bodies heavens Hercules Herschel horizon Jupiter latitude length Libra light longitude luminous Mars mean distance Mercury meridian millions of miles minutes Moon Moon's motion naked eye nearly nebulæ night node north pole northern hemisphere o'clock observed orbit Orion parallax passing perihelion period Perseus phenomena planets Pleiades polar star principal star represented revolution revolve right ascension rise satellites Saturn seasons seen side sidereal Sirius situated small stars solar system solstice southern spots square Sun's supposed surface Taurus telescope tion triangle Ursa Venus vernal equinox Virgo visible whole number Zeta Zodiac