Berry, Arthur,b. 1862 · London, J. Murray · leaf 52
sometimes also the Vulture. In very many cases the choiceof stars seems to have been made in such an arbitrarymanner, as to suggest that some fanciful figure was firstimagined and that stars were then selected so as to representit in some rough sort of way. In fact, as Sir John Herschelremarks, The… … 4$ i2, i.ii The Constellations : the Zodiac 13 memory can follow them ; bears, lions, and fishes, large andsmall, confuse all nomenclature. {Outlines of Astronomy, §3°r-) The constellations as we now have them are, with theexception of a certain number (chiefly in the southernskies) which have been…
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