Astronomy for the use of schools and academies (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908, Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910 · New York : Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 378
399- group of stars, or a miniature constellation, on the shoulder of Tanrits. Hesiodmentions them as the seven virginsof Atlas born, andMilton calls them the seven Atlanticsisters. They arereferred to in theBook of Job. TheSpaniards term themthe little nanny-goats ; and they aresometimes called… … 352 ASTRONOMY. eye can discern seven or eight stars, and some observers havedistinguished as many as eleven. Fig. 400 shows the Pleiades
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