Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Huntington and Savage, Mason and Law · leaf 44
anhour-glass in the other. Hissign (f?) represents a scythe. {Chro-nol-o-gy (from chronos, time, and logos, discourse); the science or method ofcomputing time, keeping dates, Sec] 166. How many names has Herschel ? Three. 167. What are they ! Georgium Sidus, Uranus, and Herschel.16§. Why is it… … 38 PEIMAEY ASTRONOMY. who was represented as presiding over Astronomy, orthe study of the heavens. [From this we have our word uranography, which signifies a description of the heavens.] 170. Why is this planet ever called Herschel ? In honor of Sir John Herschel, its discoverer. [Notwithstanding…
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