Orr, M. A. (Mary Acworth) · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 30
a fishs tail. Capricorn has very few bright stars. Thereare two in his goats head, of which the brightest,Alpha, is a beautiful naked-eye double, and thereare two in his fishs tail. These three figures—a Scorpion, Centaur-archer, and Capricorn—are ANCIENT GROUPS, II carved on old Babylonian… … THE ARCHERFrom a Babylonian Boundary Stone now in the British Museum. and streams of faint stars, aptly representing thewater which he is pouring out. He is a familiarfigure to those who have lived in some countriesof the East where water is all carried by hand. This is a very watery part of the…
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