The earth and sky; a primer of astronomy for young readers (1898)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, D. Appleton & Company · leaf 111
is another picture which shows eightstars. Seven of them make the Dipper, andthe other one is the pole-star. It is at thenorth pole of the sky, and it has a specialname, which you must fix in your memory. THE STARS IN THEIR COURSES. 83 Its name is Polaris. Polaris is the pole-star,or the north… … Ursa Major and Polaris. the first seven letters of the Greek alphabet:a {3 7 8 e f t]You can find the seven stars of this picturein the picture that is printed on page 81.They are on the left-hand side of that picture.You can easily find them in the sky on anyclear night. They are pretty bright;…
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