The call of the stars; a popular introduction to a knowledge of the starry skies with their romance and legend (1919)
Kippax, John R. (John Robert), 1849-1922 · New York, London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 500
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, May 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 forthe…
Stars · Constellations · Planets
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