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The constellations and how to find them; 13 maps, showing the position of the constellations in the sky during each month of any year. A popular and simple guide to a knowledge of the starry heavens, with introduction, general explanations, and a separate description of each map (1887)

Peck, William, Sir, 1862-1925 · Boston, Mass., Silver, Burdett & Co · leaf 17

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th a dull greenish colour, it will be the ringed planet Saturn. As each of the planets move among the stars, some more rapidly than others, it will at once be understoodhow it is that they have not been inserted in the accompanying Maps; for if they had been placed in their properpositions for this…

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