Star lore of all ages; a collection of myths, legends, and facts concerning the constellations of the Northern Hemisphere (1911)
Olcott, William Tyler, 1873-1936 · New York, London : G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 528
ught of its wonderful structure, the con-templation of the splendoiu proximity would afford, tran-scends the very limits of the human intellect, and gives us amere glimpse in imagination of the stupendous scale of auniverse of which our system is but an infinitesimal atom. The following are some of… … Photo by Prof. Bailey. Harvard College Observatory The Milky Way in Sagittarius The Galaxy or Milky Way 397 In Rome it was regarded as the Heavenly Girdle, andas a Circle. The ancient inhabitants of Britain called it WatlingStreet. One of the Celtic titles is King of Fairies, and theCelts also…
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