Celestial scenery, or, The Wonders of the planetary system displayed : illustrating the perfections of deity and a plurality of worlds (1845)
Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857, Parker, E. S., former owner. DSI, David H. DeVorkin Collection (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI · Philadelphia : Published by Edward C. Biddle · leaf 28
degrees, or about halfway between thehorizon and the zenith. About thirty-three degrees north fromAltair, and a little farther to the west, is the brilliant star Lyra,oelonging to the Harp. Looking to the west, a bright star,named Ai cturus, will be seen about fifteen degrees above thehorizon, a… … clusts r of stars is sometimes distinguished by the name of thePlough, or Charless Wain, and is known to almost everyobserver. The relative positions of the prominent stars itcontains are represented in the foregoing figure. At the timeof the evening now supposed, it appears a little to the…
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