Kippax, John Robert, 1849- [from old catalog] · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 504
es of March: When beggars die, there are no comets seen, The Heavens themselves blaze forth the death of Princes. In the Manchester Art Gallery is the well-knownpicture Beware the Ides of March, by Sir E. J.Poynter, in which the comet is depicted. A comet—probably Halleys—sometimes called Wil-liam… … Lowell Observatory Plate XLI. Halleys Comet, Alay 13, 1910 (Venus to right. Faint line across tail near head is meteor trail) Comets and Meteors 405 Stella, novus rex (* A new star, a new sovereign*) wasthe proverb of the time. In the famous BayeuxTapestry, said to have been made as an .ornament…
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