The astronomy of the Bible : an elementary commentary on the astronomical references of Holy Scripture (1909)
Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter), 1851-1928 · London : Hodder and Stoughton · leaf 182
odernconstellations are cleared off, and only those of Aratus andPtolemy suffered to remain, it becomes at once evidentthat the ancient astronomers were not acquainted with theentire heavens. For there is a large space in the south, THE ORIGIN OF THE CONSTELLATIONS 155 left free from all the old… … THE ANCIENT CONSTELLATIONS SOUTH OF THE ECLIPTIC. never saw them; those stars never rose above theirhorizon. Thus at the present time the heavens for an observer inEngland are naturally divided into three parts, as shownin the accompanying diagram. In the north, round the 156 THE ASTRONOMY OF THE…
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