| L. V. - 1866 - 168 pages
...[bearer.* te The following lines will assist the memory in retaining the names of the signs : — The Ham, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab the...The Virgin and the Scales; The Scorpion, Archer, and the Goat, The man that holds the Watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails. The Moon's Basing and... | |
| Edward Clarke Lowe - 1866 - 172 pages
...41. The signs of the Zodiack, or the constellations in it, may be remembered by this rhyme: The Ham, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab the...The Virgin and the Scales ; The Scorpion, Archer and He-goat, The Man that holds the watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails. 42. The Latin names of... | |
| Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1866 - 616 pages
...written by Dr. Watts, by means of which their English names and order may easily be remembered. The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And, next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scalet; The Scorpion, Archer, and Sea-Goat, The Man that holds the watering pot, And Fish with glittering... | |
| Charles Henry Bennett - Catalogs, Publishers' - 1867 - 90 pages
...are going to talk. So when you look up at the sky next time, on a clear night, try to remember, " The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab...The Virgin and the Scales, The Scorpion, Archer, and Sea-Goat, The Man that holds the Watering Pot, The Fish with glittering tails." Not that this 'learned... | |
| Richard Anthony Proctor - Astronomy - 1871 - 156 pages
...it are called zodiacal. The following lines give the order in which they occur on the sky : — The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next the Crab...Virgin and the Scales ; The Scorpion, Archer, and Sea-goat,* The Man that holds the Watering Pot, And the Fish with glittering tails. It is well for... | |
| George William King - Geography - 1871 - 28 pages
...called the Autumnal Equinox ; December 21st is the shortest day. THE SIGNS OP THE ZODIAC. The Earn, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next the Crab the...Virgin, and the Scales ; The Scorpion, Archer, and He Goat, The Man that bears the Watering Fot, And Fish with glittering tails. QUESTIONS ON GEOGEAPHY.... | |
| Francis Bullock - Astronomy - 1873 - 240 pages
...which the sun passes in his annual course round the earth, and are thus given in English : — The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next the Crab,...The Virgin and the Scales, The Scorpion, Archer, and He-Goat, The Man that holds the Watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails. Their Latin names are... | |
| Young people - 1873 - 680 pages
...pass each year, because of the earth's annual motion, are named in the following rhyme : — ' The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab,...Virgin and the Scales ; The Scorpion, Archer, and He-goat, The Man that bears the watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails.' These twelve constellations... | |
| Henry Evers - Nautical astronomy - 1873 - 152 pages
...Libra Archer Sagittarius He-goat Cupncornus Waterman Aquarius The ram, the bull, the heavenly twim, 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/sA with glittering scales. • 31. The Equinoxes... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1874 - 348 pages
.... . . K • • Feb. 19 The following familiar lines may serve to retain them in the mind: — The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, And, next the crab,...virgin and the scales ; The scorpion, archer, and the goat, The man that holds the waterpot, And Jish with glittering tails. VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES; •... | |
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