Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925, Lockyer, Winifred James, Mrs., d. 1879 · New York, C. Scribner & co. · leaf 72
, however, in spite of its universal noto-riety, some have not yet had occasion to make its acquaint-ance, the following is the sign by which it may always berecognised. Turn towards the north, that is to say, oppositethe spot where the Sun is at noon. AYhatever may be theseason of the year, the… … Fig. 14.—Constellation of the Great Bear. Have you not all seen it ? It never sets. Night andday it watches above the northern horizon, turning slowly infour-and-twenty hours around a star of w^hich we shallspeak presently. In the figure of the Great Bear, the threestars of the extremity form the…
Astronomy
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