Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888 · New York, A.C. Armstrong and son · leaf 263
FANCIED FIGURES AMONG THE STARS. 251 ithe constellation of the Dragon; the third magnitude star near the hind quarters is Cor Caroh*, the chief star of the modern constellation Canes Venatid, or the Hunting Dogs. Vi appears to me that we ought not to expect that the first observers of the heavens,… … f^g- 37-—The constellations of the Bears, represented as a hippopotamus (?)and wolf (?) in the Dcndcrah Zodiac. imaginary features of resemblance between a group ofstars and some known object, would be careful to inquirewhether some among those stars were included in agroup which they had compared…
Astronomy
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