A popular handbook and atlas of astronomy, designed as a complete guide to a knowledge of the heavenly bodies and as an aid to those possessing telescopes (1891)
Peck, William, Sir, 1862-1925 · New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 34
t is, as having beenthe time when many of the constellation figures were invented by the highly civilised, and certainly the mostremarkable people the world has seen—the ancient inhabitants of the Nile Valley. * The ancient Egyptians considered the hawk as sacred, and symbolical of the sun. Their… … CHAPTER II. MOVEMENTS OF THE EARTH WHICH AFFECT THE APPEARANCE OF THE HEAVENS. The planet Earth so stedfast though she soeiii,Insensibly three different motions move.—Milton. DIURNAL MOTION. The least attentive observer cannot fail to have noticed that during each day every celestial object…
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