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Astronomy with an opera-glass: (1896)

Serviss, Garrett Putman, 1851- [from old catalog] · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 107

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a 96 ASTRONOMY WITH AN OPERA-GLASS. would have found herself uncomfortably situated. But, as ifto make amends for neglecting to furnish their heavenly Bullwith hind-quarters, the ancients gave him a most prodigiousand beautiful pair of horns, which make the beholder feelalarm for the safety of… … The Golden Horns11 of Taurus. stream of minute stars which seem to be gathered into knotsjust beyond the end of the horns, where they dip into theedge of the Milky-Way. Many of these stars can be seen, ona dark night, with an ordinary opera-glass, but, to see themwell, one should use as large a…

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