| Elizabeth Williams Champney - Astronomy - 1877 - 312 pages
...a very old rhyme, which she now repeated : — " The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, And nexfthe crab the lion shines, The virgin and the scales, The scorpion, archer, and the goat, The man who holds the watering-pot, The fish with glittering tails." As she approached nearer,... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1877 - 148 pages
...will remember from the following rhyme : — " The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next tlle Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales, The Scorpion, Archer, and She Goat, The Man that holds the watering-pot, The Fish with glittering scales." 2 1 6. The constellations... | |
| James Rosser - 1879 - 56 pages
...There is an old rhyme indicating the order in the heavens of the zodiacal constellations : — 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 bears the Watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails. B2 NORTHERN CONSTELLATIONS.... | |
| Children's periodicals, English - 1884 - 890 pages
...combine ; And where the first and second point Behold Polaris shine ! " STARS OF THE MONTH. i. " 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, Aud the Fish that wag their tails ;" at another the... | |
| Tom Hood - Acrostics - 1879 - 454 pages
...names for the Latin signs of the Zodiac — The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, The Crab, and then the Lion shines, The Virgin, and the Scales ; The Scorpion, Archer, and Sea-Goat, The man that holds the Watering Pot, And the Fish with glittering tails. By the end of March,... | |
| Susanna Mary Paull - Children's questions and answers - 1880 - 116 pages
...goat. Aquarius the water-bearer. Pisces the fishes. Q. Let me hear you repeat them in verse. A. The ram, the bull, the heavenly• twins, And next, the...virgin and the scales ; The scorpion, archer, and she-goat, The man that holds the water-pot, And fish with glittering tails. CHAPTER V. On Architecture.... | |
| 1883 - 574 pages
...ASTRONOMY. 21 i & £ •3 I ts u for the sake of fixing them in the memory. Repeat the rhyme. m U The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab...The Virgin and the Scales. The Scorpion, Archer, and He-Goat, The Man who holds the watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails. I 101 . What is t&t use... | |
| Gaston Tissandier - 1882 - 830 pages
...repeating an old rhyme, which runs as follows : — " The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins ; Then, next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin, and the Scales ; The Scorpion, Archer, and the Goat, The Man who holds the Watering Pot, The Fish with Glittering tails." The arrangement of the... | |
| Moffatt and Paige - 1883 - 602 pages
...Waterman. Pisces, or the Fishes. The following lines will help our readers to remember them : " 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 bears the water-pot, And Fish with glittering tails." The Zenith is the point... | |
| Joel Dorman Steele - Astronomy - 1884 - 360 pages
...Their location. Size. What number of miles subtend a second of arc at the distance of the sun? * "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 hears the watering-pot, 43. Describe ihe parts of which the spots are composed.... | |
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