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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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The Book of Stars for Young People

Geraldine Edith Mitton - Astronomy - 1913 - 272 pages
...forming what is called the Zodiac. You may have heard the rhyme : ' 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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The Home of the Seven Devils

Horace Wykeham Can Newte - 1914 - 422 pages
...telescope which was fitted with a speculum. The rhyme was as follows: ' "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 carries the Watering Pot; The Fish with glittering tails." The first verse and refrain of " Primrose...
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Principles and Methods of Teaching Geography

Frederick Leopold Holtz - Geography - 1913 - 396 pages
...remembered by the following verses of Dr Watts The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crnh 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 Edipt'ict...
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The Call of the Stars: A Popular Introduction to a Knowledge of the Starry Skies

John Robert Kippax - Constellations - 1914 - 544 pages
...are familiar to everyone from the well-known English memory verse: The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales. The Scorpion, the Archer, and Sea-Goat, The Man that pours the Water out And Fish with glittering tails. The spring...
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An Introduction to General Geography

Alec A. Golding - Geography - 1915 - 250 pages
...the sun passes during its apparent annual journey among the stars. 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 who carries the watering pot, (Aquarius) and Whales. Mid-summer in N. Hemisphere...
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A Complete Epitome of Practical Navigation, and Nautical Astronomy ..., Volume 1

John William Norie, J. W. Saul - Nautical astronomy - 1917 - 642 pages
...Autumn, and Capricornus, Winter. An ancient rhyme gives the signs thus : The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab the Lion shines. The Virgin...Scorpion, Archer, and He-goat, The man that holds the water-pot, And Fish with glittering tails. Put into their latinised names they are : Aries, Taurus,...
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Recreations in Mathematics

H. E. Licks - Mathematics - 1917 - 176 pages
...the zodiac may be remembered by the following ancient lines: The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, Next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin, and the Scales, The Scorpion, Archer, and the Goat, The man who holds the watering Pot, And Fish with glittering tails. In memorizing this it...
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Recreations in Mathematics, with 60 Illustrations

H. E. Licks - 1917 - 224 pages
...the zodiac may be remembered by the following ancient lines: The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, Next the Crab, the Lion shines, , The Virgin, and the Scales, The Scorpion, Archer, and the Goat, The man who holds the watering Pot, And Fish with glittering tails. 104 In memorizing this...
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South Indian Shrines

P. V. Jagadisa Ayyar - Hindu temples - 1920 - 288 pages
...representations of the ZOdiacal signs and in the order in which they stand : — The RAM, The BULL, the heavenly TWINS, And next the CRAB, the LION shines, The VIRGIN, and the SCALES, The SCORPION, the ARCHER, and the HE-GOAT, Tha MAN who bears the watering pot, And FISH with glittering tails. The...
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Secrets of the Stars

Inez Nellie Canfield McFee - Astronomy - 1922 - 326 pages
...following rhyme puts the order of the stars of the zodiac firmly in mind: 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. With some of these constellations we are already familiar. It gives...
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