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 190
he farthestaway that the planets ever get. If you were to cut the strip ofpaper, Fig. 172, out of the bookand paste the ends together, youwould have a band, or circle repre- THE STARS OF THE ZODIAC 171 sen ting the zodiac more nearly as it is; but instead of cuttingthe book yon had better draw the… … Fig. 173.—Cardboard Zodiac. Place a candlelight in the center of the cardboard ring andsuspend a marble from a thread, by means of a drop of sealingwax, and let the marble hang between the light and the card-board zodiac. Now on whatever space, or sign on the band theshadow of the marble falls, the…
Astronomy · Stars
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