 The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, And next the crab the lion shines, The virgin and the scales, The scorpion, archer, and sea-goat, The man that holds the watering-pot, And fish with glittering tails.  A pocket encyclopædia, or library of general knowledge - Page 48by Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Joel Dorman Steele - 1899 - 382 pages
...moons? To what is its heat equal? Illustrate. What proportion of the sun's heat reaches the earth? i 'The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next the...Virgin and the Scales ; The Scorpion, Archer, and He-goat, The Man that hears the watering-pot, 49, 50. What is the apparent size of the sun? How does... | |
 | William Wright Hardwicke - 1899 - 326 pages
...Capricornus, the Goat ; Aquarius, the Water-bearer ; and Pisces, the Fish. In English rhyme they are : — " The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next the...The Virgin and the Scales, The Scorpion, Archer, and He-goat, The Man that hears the watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails." " Figurative language... | |
 | Arthur Berry - 1899 - 578 pages
...Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces ; they are easily remembered by the doggerel verses : — The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next the...The Virgin and the Scales, The Scorpion, Archer, and He Goat, The Man that bears the Watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails. t This statement leaves... | |
 | Arthur Berry - 1899 - 550 pages
...they are easily remembered by the doggerel verses : — The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, Anrl next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales, The Scorpion, Archer, and He-Goat, The Man that bears the Watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails. . . t This statement... | |
 | John Thornton - 1899 - 460 pages
...signs are contained in the following lines : — " The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next'the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin, and the Scales, The Scorpion, Archer, and He-goat, The Man that bears the watering-pot, And Fish with shining tails. " Their Latin names, with... | |
 | George Frederick Chambers - 1901 - 200 pages
...high standard of " poetry," are nevertheless very convenient as an aid to the memory : — The Earn, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab, the...Scorpion, Archer, and Sea-goat, The Man that holds the water-pot, And Fish with glitt'ring tails. The account just completed of what may be called a " personally... | |
 | Henry Pattillo - 1909 - 88 pages
...names and order of the twelve signs, may be easily remembered by the following verses of Dr. Watts: The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins; And next the...The Virgin and the Scales: The Scorpion, Archer, and He Goat; The Man that bears the water pot, And fish with glittering tails. Q. 43. What is the Ecliptic?... | |
 | Horace Edwin Piggott - 1912 - 426 pages
...help of the following verse. They follow in order, the first three being the spring constellations — The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next the...Virgin and the Scales ; The Scorpion, Archer, and He-Goat, The Man that bears the watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails. .Talaris > w FIG. 2.... | |
 | Horace Wykeham Can Newte - 1914 - 422 pages
...happy with his astronomical telescope which was fitted with a speculum. The rhyme was as follows: ' "The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins; And next the...The Virgin and the Scales. The Scorpion, Archer, and He-Goat; The Man who carries the Watering Pot; The Fish with glittering tails." The first verse and... | |
 | Geraldine Edith Mitton - 1913 - 272 pages
...of the string of constellations forming what is called the Zodiac. You may have heard the rhyme : ' The Ram, the Bull, the Heavenly Twins, And next the...Virgin and the Scales ; The Scorpion, Archer, and He-goat, The Man that holds the watering-pot, The Fish with glittering tails.' This puts in a form... | |
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