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" 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. "
Popular cyclopaedia of natural science (by W.B. Carpenter). - Page 445
by William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843
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Elementary Physiography: An Introduction to the Study of Nature

John Thornton - Physical geography - 1899 - 460 pages
...signs are contained in the following lines : — " The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next'the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin, and the Scales, The Scorpion, Archer, and He-goat, The Man that bears the watering-pot, And Fish with shining tails. " Their Latin names, with the symbols used for...
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A Short History of Astronomy

Arthur Berry - Astronomy - 1899 - 578 pages
...and Pisces ; they are easily remembered by the doggerel verses : — The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales, The Scorpion, Archer, and He Goat, The Man that bears the Watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails. t This statement leaves...
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Philip Freneau, the Poet of the Revolution: A History of His Life and Times

Mary Stanislas Austin - 1901 - 326 pages
...rhyme : — THE NAMES, AND ORDER OF THE TWELVE SIGNS. The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And near 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. An article on the Planetary...
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Science and Religion

Benjamin F. Loomis - Astrology - 1905 - 408 pages
...passes every year. In English and in rhyme these are as follows : "The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next the Crab, the Lion Shines, • The...Scales, The Scorpion, Archer, and He-Goat, The Man that bears the watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails." And in Latin they run thus : "Aries, Taurus,...
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Halifax Books and Authors: A Series of Articles on the Books Written by ...

Joseph Horsfall Turner - Clergy - 1906 - 280 pages
...the church. The fourth column gives the various signs of the Zodiac, the ram, the ball, the Heavenly twins, and next the crab the lion shines, the virgin and the scales, the scorpion, archer and sea-goat, the man that bears the water-pot, and fish with glittering tails, with figures indicating...
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An Easy Guide to the Constellations with a Miniature Atlas of the Stars

James Gall - 1907 - 98 pages
...CAPRICORNUS; и. AQUARIUS; 12. PISCES; the following rhyme embodies them: 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 POURS THE WATER OUT, And FISH with glittering tails. THE CONSTELLATION FIGURES...
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The Children's Book of Stars

Geraldine Edith Mitton - Astronomy - 1908 - 276 pages
...forming what is called the Zodiac. You may have heard the rhyme : 4 The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin...and He-goat, The Man that holds the watering-pot, The Fish with glittering tails.' This puts in a form easy to remember the signs of the constellations...
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Egypt in Asia: A Plain Account of Pre-Biblical Syria and Palestine

George Cormack - Egypt - 1908 - 366 pages
...irrational and improbable names attached to the signs of the zodiac : ' ' The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, And next the crab, the lion shines, The virgin...scales ; The scorpion, archer, and he-goat, The man who bears the water-pot And fish with glittering tails." Setting this difficulty aside, it is shown...
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Pattillo's Geographical Catechism

Henry Pattillo - Geography - 1909 - 88 pages
...signs, may be easily remembered by the following verses of Dr. Watts: The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins; And next the Crab the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales: The Scorpion, Archer, and He Goat; The Man that bears the water pot, And fish with glittering tails. Q. 43. What is the Ecliptic?...
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Dent's Historical & Economic Geographies: World studies.-book II. Europe ...

Horace Edwin Piggott - Geography - 1912 - 426 pages
...follow in order, the first three being the spring constellations — The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin...; The Scorpion, Archer, and He-Goat, The Man that bears the watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails. .Talaris > w FIG. 2. — Some Positions of...
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