| William Benjamin Carpenter - Astronomy - 1844 - 604 pages
...may, perhaps, be best remembered by the following doggerel lines — The Ram, the Bull, the heav'nly Twins, And next the Crab the Lion shines, The Virgin...He-Goat, The Man that holds the Watering-pot, And Fish vrith glittering tails. 548. When the idea of the daily revolution of the sun round the earth was abandoned... | |
| Clode - 1850 - 194 pages
...stock-in-trade of astrologers. Don't you see them here ? (Pointing.) The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, the next the crab the lion shines, the virgin, and the scales, the archer, scorpion and seagoat, the man that holds the water-pot, and fish with glittering tails. Ahmed... | |
| Daniel O'Gorman - 1853 - 246 pages
...if even, it is leap year if odd, sо many after leap year. " The ram, the bull, the heavenly twine, And next the crab the lion shines, The virgin and the scales, The scorpion, archer, and sea-goat, The man that holds the water-pot, And fish with gUttering tails." The progress of the sun... | |
| William Graeme Rhind - Bible and science - 1855 - 384 pages
...have been arranged in a little verse easy enough to remember. The Sam, the Sail, the heavenly Tunns; And next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales ; The Scorpion, Archer, and Seagoat, The Man that bean the Waterpot, And Fish with glittering tails. As to the number of the fixed... | |
| Daniel O'Gorman - Ready-reckoners - 1856 - 186 pages
...21. Aquarius, Water-bearer, Jan. 19. Pisces, the Fishes, Feb. 18. " The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, And next the crab the lion shines ; The virgin and the scales, The scorpion, archer, and sea-goat, The man that holds the water-pot, And fish with glittering tails." The progress of the sun... | |
| Weights and measures - 1857 - 22 pages
...consists of 366 days. Б en gal Time. Signs of the Zodiac. The Earn, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, Arid next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin, and the Scales ; The Scorpion, Archer, and Sea-goat, The man who holds the "Watering-pot, And Eish with glittering tails. 60 Seconds, sec. make... | |
| David Williams - English literature - 1858 - 388 pages
...signs of the zodiac by the following simple lines of Dr. Watts:— The ram, the bull, the heav'nly twins, And next the crab the lion shines, The virgin and the scales; The scorpion, archer, and she-goat, The man that holds the water-pot, And fish with glittering tails. OBs. It is not easy to... | |
| Daniel O'Gorman - 1858 - 248 pages
...Aquarius, Water-bearer, Jan. 19. X .Рисе«, the Fishes, Feb. 18. " The ram, the hull, the heavenly twins, And next the crab the lion shines ; The virgin and the scales, The scorpion, archer, and sea-goat, The man that holds the water-pot, And fish with glittering tails." The progress of the sun... | |
| Games - 1859 - 140 pages
...Excepting leap-year, that's the time When February's days are twenty-nine. The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next the Crab the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales, The Scorpion, Archer, and the Goat, The Man that bears the watering-pot, The Fish with glittering tails. CALLS. Every schoolboy... | |
| Alfred Newsom Niblett - 1861 - 204 pages
...(") 1 degree (°) 1 circle. 1 sign. 1 quadrant. SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC. The RAM, the BULL, the heavenly TWINS , And next the CRAB, the LION shines, The VIRGIN, and the SCALES ; The SCORPION, ARCHER, and sea GOAT, The man that holds the Watering-pot, And FISH with glittering tails. Northern Southern Aries.... | |
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