Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Huntington and Savage, Mason and Law · leaf 73
Because the ancients imagined that the clusters ofstars in each sign resembled the several objects afterwhich they are named. [On this account they gave the name zodiac to this belt around the heavens. Not,as some have imagined, because it was a zone, but from the Greek zoun, an animal,because so… … C9/ oa oei o6\ ^ [1. On pages 64 and 65, we presented oblique views of the ecliptic. The above isa perpendicular view. The Sun is seen in the center, and the Earth revolving aroundhim; and in the distance is shown the circle of the starry heavens. 2. This circle is divided into twelve equal parts,…
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