Johnson, Gaylord · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 168
What could it be? The children were puzzleduntil the figure 4 began gradually to take theshape of a bird. In a moment more it had turnedinto an eagle, with his beak toward the left, likethis: SEVENTH REEL 153 … The eagle/ said Uncle Henry, was the par-ticular favorite of Jupiter, the chief of the GreekGods, so the almanac uses the symbol of the eagleto stand for Jupiter himself. The King of Birds forthe King of Gods, you see. Then the eagle faded from the cobweb screen,and as soon as it was gone the next…
Astronomy
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