Their names are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces; the whole occupying a complete circle, or broad belt, in the heavens, called the Zodiac. Conversations on Natural Philosophy: In which the Elements of that Science ...by Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1829 - 252 pagesSnippet view - About this book
| Virgil - Poetry - 1778 - 478 pages
...fix degrees oi> each fide of the ecliptic line, and contains the twelve conftellations or (igns. They are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pifces. The ecliptic line cut; the equinoctial obliquely in two oppofite points, wh:ncc the poet calls... | |
| John Leyden - Complaynt of Scotlande - 1801 - 692 pages
...tuelf partis, and ilk part is callit ane sing, the quhilk zodiac extendis til tuelf singnis, callit Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. Ande euyrie sing is diuidit in xxx degreis. Ther is tua vthir circlis in the spere callit colures.... | |
| John Ewing - Astronomy - 1809 - 672 pages
...containing thirty degrees; to which portions they have affixed the following names, in order, viz. Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. If two small circles of the globe were supposed to be drawn parallel to the ecliptic at the distance... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1811 - 962 pages
...Constellations north of the Zodiac, and 3. Constellations south of the Zodiac. The constellations in the Zodiac are Aries : Taurus : Gemini : Cancer : Leo : Virgo...Libra : Scorpio : Sagittarius: Capricornus: Aquarius: and Pisces: the names and order of these 12 signs may be easily remembered by the aid of the following... | |
| George Adams - Astronomy - 1812 - 586 pages
...expressive of fulness or completion, it is used in that sense in sacred writ. The signs are named, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. We may imagine as many circles as we please drawn on a globe, parallel to the equator, and these will... | |
| George Adams - Astronomy - 1812 - 552 pages
...expressive of fulness or completion, it is used in that sense in sacred writ. The signs are named, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. We may imagine as many circles as we please drawn on a globe, parallel to the equator, and these will... | |
| Abner Alden - English language - 1814 - 222 pages
...with the number of stars in each, according to Mr. Flamstead. FIRST DIVISION, OR ZODIACK. Latin Names. Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricornus Aquarius Pisces SECOND DIVISION Latin Namet. Uisa minor Ursa major Draco Cepheus Bootes English Names. The Ram The... | |
| William Philipps - 1817 - 292 pages
...if we were stationed at the Sun, it is the path which the Earth * In Latin, and in the same order, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. I have, in the following pages, made use of the English nameĞ of the signs, in preference to the Latin,... | |
| Alexander Duncan Campbell - Telugu language - 1820 - 294 pages
...corresponding sign of the zodiac as explained below. Lunar months. Corresponding sign of the zodiac. Aries. Taurus. Gemini. —-Cancer. Leo. Virgo; •...Sagittarius. • "Capricornus. •- Aquarius^, Pisces. APPENDIX. J5 Tv^ belongs is naine.d twice over ; it is first considered £3$2"-or intercalary, and... | |
| Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Thomas P. Jones - Physics - 1826 - 286 pages
...they appear to be situated in the heavens. The twelve constellations, called the signs of the zodiac, are those which (are so situated, that the earth,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces; the whole occupying a complete circle, or broad belt, in the heavens, called the zodiac, (plate 8.... | |
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