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" 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 34
by James R. Christie - 1853 - 118 pages
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A grammar of geography, by J. Goldsmith

sir Richard Phillips - 1868 - 354 pages
...passing through twelve equal parts corresponding to the months, called signs of the Zodiac, and named Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. This apparent motion results from a real motion in the Earth round the Sun in the course of a year,...
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The Treatise on the Astrolabe

Geoffrey Chaucer - Astrolabes - 1870 - 144 pages
...tjje JWonetjjesl. TTnder the compase of thilke degrees ben wretyn the names of the twelve signes, as Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. And the nombres of the degrees of these signes ben wretyn in augrim above, and with longe devysions...
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A Dictionary of Science: Comprising Astronomy, Chemistry, Dynamics ...

George Farrer Rodwell - Physical sciences - 1871 - 620 pages
...Aries, and the sign Aries extends 30 degrees from this point. Then follow the signs in the order— Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The sun's motion along the ecliptic is not uniform, so that he continues a longer time in some signs...
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Elementary Lessons in Astronomy

Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1871 - 464 pages
...The Man that bears the watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails." And in Latin they run thus : " Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. 38. The constellations visible above the zodiacal constellations, called the northern constellations,...
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The Elements of Theoretical and Descriptive Astronomy: For the Use of ...

Charles Joyce White - Astronomy - 1872 - 300 pages
...parts, called signs, which begin at the vernal equinox, and are named eastward in the following order : Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. Hence the vernal equinox is called the first point of Aries. The Zodiac is a zone or belt on the celestial...
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Student's Class Book of Astronomy

Francis Bullock - Astronomy - 1873 - 240 pages
...and He-Goat, The Man that holds the Watering-pot, And Fish with glittering tails. Their Latin names are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces (Lesson 5). 3. Q. How are the Individual Stars of a Constellation Distinguished ? A. Some...
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Astronomy

sir William Henry M. Christie - Astronomy - 1875 - 146 pages
...from the ecliptic. The Zodiac is divided into twelve constellations, each occupying about 80° — Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces — the order given being that in which the Sun passes through them, or from west to east. Aries has...
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Lectures on Astronomical Theories, Volumes 1-4

John Harris - Astronomy - 1876 - 248 pages
...have named above, appears to pass through those known familiarly as the signs of the zodiac, namely, Aries ; Taurus ; Gemini ; Cancer ; Leo ; Virgo ; Libra;...Sagittarius; Capricornus ; Aquarius; Pisces. These constellations delineate the circle known as the ecliptic which intersects the equinoctial in each...
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Astronomy

Sir Norman Lockyer - Astronomy - 1876 - 152 pages
...constellations, visible of course both in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres of the Earth. These are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces, the Latin names for the Constellations, the order of which you will remember from the following...
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Watson's Complete Speller: Oral and Written

J. Madison Watson - 1878 - 170 pages
...Neptune. Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, Urania, etc., are minor planets. The twelve signs of the Zodiac are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. Write Arcturus, sidereal, galaxy, cosmogony, Orion, welkin, solstice, penumbra, macrocosm, apsides,...
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