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 76
PLANETS, THE SUNS KIDDIES 57 (Fig. 61) together, we shall have a picture of the solar system,as the Sun and all of his planets are called, as shown in Fig 62.From these pictures you will see that the planets have not beenset around the Sun with any regard to their relative sizes. To remember the… … Fig. 63.—Egg Shell on Plate. the first letter of a planet, you will be able to instantly recallthe proper place of any one of them. How the Planets Are Held in Space.—If you will take anordinary dinner plate and half an eggshell, and give the eggshella slight spin on the rim of the plate—the rim…
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