The book of stars; being a simple explanation of the stars and their uses to boy life, written to conform to the tests of the Boy scouts (1915)
Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 102
ith ascrew, as in Fig. 96. Nowset a bucket out-of-doors inan open space from whichthe North Star may be seen,fill the bucket with waterand level it up until thewater is parallel with therim all the way round. When night falls find the North Star and set your sticks across the rim, as shown in Fig.… … Fig. 97.—Two Sticks Across Bucketof Water. 84 THE BOOK OF THE STARS change their relative positions, so that the angle they form canbe measured with a protractor. Tack a piece of paper on yourstarboard and draw a straight horizontal line on it. Lay the stick that was on the bucket on the horizontal…
Astronomy · Stars
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