The earth and sky; a primer of astronomy for young readers (1898)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, D. Appleton & Company · leaf 109
white circle in the picture is meant toshow what we have called the inside surfaceof the hollow bowl of the sky. It seems to have stars sprinkled all over itat P, Q, P, S, T, IT, V, and at other places;and all these stars seem to be at the same dis-tance from you. P is just as far from O as Qis, as… … This picture shows the stars in the northern part of the sky asthey look in the early evening in midsummer. All of thestars move round the sky from east to west—from rising tosetting—once every day. The Pole Star alone stands still.The Great Dipper (marked Ursa Major in the picture) moves.Two of…
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