 The names of the signs of the zodiac are: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces.  An Introduction to the Elements of Practical Astronomy - Page 34by James R. Christie - 1853 - 118 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand), Thomas P. Jones - Physics - 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 8.... | |
 | John Vose - Astronomy - 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... | |
 | Virgil - Didactic poetry, Latin - 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 the... | |
 | 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 the... | |
 | Aaron Arrowsmith - Geography - 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 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: — 'y>, «, n, 25, Si, i%, .*, »l, t,^f, ~, K. The... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1833 - 444 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: — <v, b , n, SB, SI, 1%, ===, ni, t,V, ~, X. The... | |
 | sir Richard Phillips - 1834 - 248 pages
...constellations, through which the sun appears to pass in performing his apparent circuit of the heavens : Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. These divisions do not now, however, coincide with the constellations from which their names are derived.... | |
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