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... constellation in the heavens , did not escape Milton's observation , and there is one allusion to it in his poem . It arrives on the meridian in winter , where it is conspicuous as a brilliant assemblage of stars , and represents an ...
... constellation in the heavens , did not escape Milton's observation , and there is one allusion to it in his poem . It arrives on the meridian in winter , where it is conspicuous as a brilliant assemblage of stars , and represents an ...
Page 175
... constellation is called ; this is evident in the case of Corona Borealis ( the Northern Crown ) , in which there can be seen a conspicuous arrangement of stars resembling a coronet , and in the constellations of the Dolphin and Scorpion ...
... constellation is called ; this is evident in the case of Corona Borealis ( the Northern Crown ) , in which there can be seen a conspicuous arrangement of stars resembling a coronet , and in the constellations of the Dolphin and Scorpion ...
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... constellation in which it is ob- served . The November meteors are called Leonids , be- cause they radiate from a point in the constellation Leo ; those in Taurus are called Taurids ; in Perseus , Perseids ; in Lyra , Lyraïds ; and in ...
... constellation in which it is ob- served . The November meteors are called Leonids , be- cause they radiate from a point in the constellation Leo ; those in Taurus are called Taurids ; in Perseus , Perseids ; in Lyra , Lyraïds ; and in ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ASTRONOMY | 1 |
ASTRONOMY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 45 |
MILTONS ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE | 81 |
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