Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. Science Awakening II - Page 4by H. van der Waerden - 1973 - 347 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Thomas Dick - 1857 - 878 pages
...supposed to be divided into twelve signs, or 360 degrees, which have received the following names : — Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. Each of these signs is divided into thirty equal parts, called degrees / each degree into sixty parts,... | |
| John Cargill Brough - 1859 - 438 pages
...of this orbit with the sphere of the heavens into twelve equal portions or signs, named in order — Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The sun, however, has also a real motion : he moves with the entire solar system in the direction of... | |
| Henry George Raverty - 1859 - 130 pages
...ham-tableeat Constellation, pa'e darpa'e ^ jj ^, khalafl kawkab ^—££, nakhshatr j.. *,. £ i , Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces, barrah xj> burj-i-liamal do-paikara \£j } j, jawza chang t*£±»-j>-, sarafan ^ sher jJ*, asad Moshah... | |
| John Williams (of Lancaster, O.) - 1860 - 410 pages
...allusion to the figures of animals, etc., with which the Zodiac is filled.) Table of the Latin Names. Aries. Taurus. Gemini. Cancer. Leo. Virgo. Libra....Scorpio. Sagittarius. Capricornus. Aquarius. .Pisces. Signs of the Zodiac. English Names. Symbols. The Ram. T1 The Bull. « The Twins. П The Crab. 25 The... | |
| John Lockhart (of Kirkcaldy.) - 1862 - 216 pages
...are fancifully grouped together, mostly in ? Figures of animals. The names of the signs of the zodiac are ? Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces. In English 1 The Ram, the Bull, the Twins, the Crab, the Lion, the Virgin, the Balance,... | |
| James Thomson - 1863 - 140 pages
...signs have been named after constellations through which the ecliptic passes. The signs of the zodiac are — Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo,...Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces. When these names were first given to the different sets of stars, the sun, on the Zlst... | |
| Robert Main - 1863 - 434 pages
...divided into twelve equal parts called Signs of the Zodiac, named in the order of the Sun's course, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The great circle also which is drawn through the poles of the Ecliptic and Equator, and is therefore... | |
| William Arthur Darby - 1864 - 150 pages
...signs, each measuring 30°. The signs are named after the several constellations which it embraces. They are — Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo,...Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces. When the Zodiac was first assumed, 3,000 years ago, the Sun then entered the first point... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1866 - 460 pages
...which are p^JfD l1? 'ZOH tVl, God created the twelve signs of the Zodiac, viz. :^~ In the World — Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. In Man — The organs of Sight, Hearing, Smelling, Talking, Taste, Copulating, Dealing, Walking, Thinking,... | |
| George Frederick Chambers - 1867 - 888 pages
...phrases. I here give the astronomical and some of the chief mathematical ones : — SlQNB OF THE ZODIAC. Aries . . Taurus .. Gemini . . Cancer .. Leo Virgo...Scorpio . . Sagittarius Capricornus Aquarius Pisces . . r « n s a "I Vf X The first, T , indicates the horns of the Kara ; the second, h , the head and... | |
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