These twelve parts are called the signs of the zodiac and are named after the constellations which occupy them. The names of the signs of the zodiac are: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and... Student's Class Book of Astronomy - Page 185by Francis Bullock - 1873 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
| Regnault (Père, Noël) - 1731 - 498 pages
...certain Number, a Collection of Stars. They call thofe Signs, going from the Weft toward the Eaft, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra> Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pifces. The two Points where the Eeliptick cuts the Equator, or Equinoctial Line, are the Points of... | |
| Virgil - 1778 - 478 pages
...fix degrees oi> each fide of the ecliptic line, and contains the twelve conftellations or (igns. They are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pifces. The ecliptic line cut; the equinoctial obliquely in two oppofite points, wh:ncc the poet calls... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 962 pages
...Constellations north of the Zodiac, and 3. Constellations south of the Zodiac. The constellations in the Zodiac are Aries : Taurus : Gemini : Cancer : Leo : Virgo...: Sagittarius: Capricornus: Aquarius: and Pisces: the names and order of these 12 signs may be easily remembered by the aid of the following lines ;... | |
| Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1821 - 366 pages
...so 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... | |
| Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Thomas P. Jones - 1826 - 286 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... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1829 - 644 pages
...those constellations through which it appeared to pass, and which are 12 in number. They are, in Latin, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces. The zone, or band, wllich contains them, is called the zodiac (qv), and each constellation is called... | |
| Publius Vergilius Maro - 1829 - 342 pages
...six degrees on each side of the ecliptic line, and contains the twelve constellations or signs. They are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The ecliptic line cuts the equinoctial obliquely in two opposite points, whence the poet calls... | |
| Virgil - 1829 - 348 pages
...six degrees on each side of the ecliptic line, and contains the twelve constellations or signs. They are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The ecliptic line cuts the equinoctial obliquely in two opposite points, whence the poet calls... | |
| Aaron Arrowsmith - 1831 - 970 pages
...the Zodiack, and the figures themselves are called the Signs of the Zodiack. The names of these Signs are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces; which have been thus playfully rendered in English : The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next... | |
| Aaron Arrowsmith - 1832 - 546 pages
...the Zodiack, and the figures themselves are called the Signs of the Zodiack. The names of these Signs are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces • which have been thus playfully rendered in English : The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And... | |
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