Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces; the whole occupying a complete circle, or broad belt, in the heavens, called the Zodiac. The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a ... - Page 27by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - 1838 - 305 pagesFull view - About this book
| Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Thomas P. Jones - Physics - 1826 - 286 pages
...that the earth, in its annual revolution, passes directly between them, and the sun. Their names are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces; the whole occupying a complete circle, or broad belt, in the heavens, called the zodiac, (plate 8. fig.... | |
| John Vose - Astronomy - 1827 - 262 pages
...Obliquity.} The ecliptic is divided into 12 equal parts called signs, each including thirty degrees ; Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The horizon is a circle ninety degrees distant from the ze^ nith of any place, the plane of which divides... | |
| Questions - 1828 - 104 pages
...Mercury, Venus, The Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, The Georgium Sidus. The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The Twelve Labours of Hercules: 1. The Lion of Nemea, 2. The Serpent of Lerna, 3. The brazen-footed Stag,... | |
| Publius Vergilius Maro - 1829 - 342 pages
...degrees on each side of the ecliptic line, and contains the twelve constellations or signs. They are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The ecliptic line cuts the equinoctial obliquely in two opposite points, whence the poet calls the zodiac... | |
| Virgil - Didactic poetry, Latin - 1829 - 348 pages
...degrees on each side of the ecliptic line, and contains the twelve constellations or signs. They are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The ecliptic line cuts the equinoctial obliquely in two opposite points, whence the poet calls the zodiac... | |
| Sir John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1833 - 444 pages
...twelve, each occupying 30° of its circumference. They commence at the vernal equinox, and are named in order — Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. They are denoted also by the following symbols: — <v, b , n, SB, SI, 1%, ===, ni, t,V, ~, X. The... | |
| sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...twelve, each occupying 30° of its circumference. They commence at the vernal equinox, and are named in order — Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer,, Leo, Virgo,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. They are denoted also by the following symbols: — 'y>, «, n, 25, Si, i%, .*, »l, t,^f, ~, K. The... | |
| John Vose - Astronomy - 1834 - 230 pages
...divided into twelve equal parts, denominated the twelve signs of the ecliptic, each containing 30° ; Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The meridian is a great circle encompassing the Earth from north to south, passing through the poles, and... | |
| sir Richard Phillips - 1834 - 248 pages
...constellations, through which the sun appears to pass in performing his apparent circuit of the heavens : Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. These divisions do not now, however, coincide with the constellations from which their names are derived.... | |
| Publius Ovidius Naso - 1838 - 344 pages
...called Signs, which have received the following names from the constellations through vrhich it passes : Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The celestial equator crosses the Ecliptic obliquely in the first degrees of Aries and Libra, two of its... | |
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