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
| Anna Cabot Lowell - 1850 - 378 pages
...equal all over the world. § 22. The ecliptic is divided into twelve equal parts called signs : — Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The order of these is according to the real motion of the earth, and the apparent motion of the sun.... | |
| John Frederick William Herschel - 1851 - 744 pages
...occupying 30° of its circumference. They commence at the vernal equinox, and are named in order — Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces.* They are denoted also by the following symbols : — T, «, n , s, SI, nji, ="=, tn., f, Vf, ~, X.... | |
| John Russell Hind - 1852 - 76 pages
...revolutions. The zodiac was divided by the ancients into twelve signs, each measuring 30° along the ecliptic: these are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. Zodiacal Light. — A conical-shaped light, which is frequently to be observed in these latitudes in... | |
| GEORGE RIPLEY - 1852 - 670 pages
...point of intersection of the ecliptic and equator, at the vefnal equinox, and are named respectively, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. On account of the precession of the equinoxes, the positions of these constellations in the heavens... | |
| James R. Christie - 1853 - 140 pages
...reading the signs in the direction of the sun's apparent motion from A towards F (P being the North Pole) are "Aries;" " Taurus ; " " Gemini; " " Cancer ; "..."Sagittarius;" " Capricornus;" "Aquarius;" "Pisces." These names were originally given when the point A was in the constellation or group of stars called... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 880 pages
...Constellations north of the zodiac; and 3. Constellations south of the zodiac. The constellation a in the zodiac are Aries ; Taurus ; Gemini ; Cancer ; Leo, Virgo...Scorpio ; Sagittarius; Capricornus; Aquarius; Pisces. Many young persons have found an easy mode of remembering the names and order of the twelve signs by... | |
| John Russell Hind - 1853 - 122 pages
...are twelve constellations lying upon the zodiac, and hence called the zodiacal constellations, viz. Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. These are also the names of the twelve divisions of 30° each into which the ecliptic was formerly... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1854 - 360 pages
...They are as follows: — beginning at the bottom, at September, and proceeding towards the right hand, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. These are the names of the twelve constellations through which the sun apparently passes in the course... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1855 - 472 pages
...named after the constellations into which the sun entered at certain seasons. The names of these signs are, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. These in the early ages of astronomy indicated the seasons of the year, and do so even now, especially... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1855 - 136 pages
...constellations, or clusters of stars, called the Signs of the Zodiac. The names of these constellations are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces. The sun, when viewed from the earth, always appears to be in the direction of one of these... | |
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