Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 30
ons of the year. And what has been said HOW TO FIND THE NORTH STAR 9 about the Big Dipper is just as true of all the other constella-tions. For these reasons we would need an almanac to help us keeptrack of the exact hour when the Big Dipper would be in agiven position for every night in the year.… … Fig. 9.—The North Stab and Big Dipper in Winter. about nine oclock in the evening you will find it standing on itshandle a little to the east as in Fig. 9. In spring about 9 oclock,it will have moved on round the North Star until it is upsidedown, as in Fig. 10, while in summer, at 9, it is hung up…
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