 Their names are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces; the whole occupying a complete circle, or broad belt, in the heavens, called the Zodiac.  The Complaynt of Scotland: Written in 1548. With a Preliminary Dissertation ... - Page 77edited by - 1801 - 676 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Ewing - 1809 - 672 pages
...containing thirty degrees; to which portions they have affixed the following names, in order, viz. Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. If two small circles of the globe were supposed to be drawn parallel to the ecliptic at the distance... | |
 | George Adams - 1812 - 586 pages
...expressive of fulness or completion, it is used in that sense in sacred writ. The signs are named, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. We may imagine as many circles as we please drawn on a globe, parallel to the equator, and these will... | |
 | George Adams - 1812 - 552 pages
...expressive of fulness or completion, it is used in that sense in sacred writ. The signs are named, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. We may imagine as many circles as we please drawn on a globe, parallel to the equator, and these will... | |
 | Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 pages
...with the number of stars in each, according to Mr. Flamstead. FIRST DIVISION, OR ZODIACK. Latin Names. Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricornus Aquarius Pisces SECOND DIVISION Latin Namet. Uisa minor Ursa major Draco Cepheus Bootes English Names. The Ram The... | |
 | William Philipps - 1817 - 292 pages
...if we were stationed at the Sun, it is the path which the Earth * In Latin, and in the same order, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. I have, in the following pages, made use of the English name« of the signs, in preference to the Latin,... | |
 | Alexander Duncan Campbell - 1820 - 294 pages
...corresponding sign of the zodiac as explained below. Lunar months. Corresponding sign of the zodiac. Aries. Taurus. Gemini. —-Cancer. Leo. Virgo; •...Sagittarius. • "Capricornus. •- Aquarius^, Pisces. APPENDIX. J5 Tv^ belongs is naine.d twice over ; it is first considered £3$2"-or intercalary, and... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1821 - 350 pages
...situated, that the earth in its annual revolution passes directly between them and the sun. Their names are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces ; the whole occupying a complete circle, or broad belt, in the heavens, called the zodiac, (plate VIII.... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Thomas P. Jones - 1826 - 286 pages
...that the earth, in its annual revolution, passes directly between them, and the sun. Their names are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces; the whole occupying a complete circle, or broad belt, in the heavens, called the zodiac, (plate 8.... | |
 | John Vose - 1827 - 262 pages
...Obliquity.} The ecliptic is divided into 12 equal parts called signs, each including thirty degrees ; Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The horizon is a circle ninety degrees distant from the ze^ nith of any place, the plane of which divides... | |
 | Questions - 1828 - 104 pages
...Mercury, Venus, The Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, The Georgium Sidus. The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The Twelve Labours of Hercules: 1. The Lion of Nemea, 2. The Serpent of Lerna, 3. The brazen-footed... | |
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