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Star-names and their meanings

"INTRODUCTION. This list of star-names is published in the endeavor to fill an acknowledged vacancy in our popular astronomical literature. It is not intended for the professional astronomer, who, as a rule, cares little about the old designations of the objects of his study, — alphabets, numerals, and circles being preferable, indeed needful, for his purposes of identification. Yet great scholars have thought this nomenclature not unworthy their attention, — Grotius, Scaliger, Hyde, and our own Whitney, among others, devoting much of their rare talent to its elucidation...." CONTENTS Introduction xi The Solar Zodiac i The Lunar Zodiac 7 The Constellations 10 The Galaxy 474 Indices 489 Digitized by Google. · "Partial list of authors, authorities, and books of reference cited in this work": p. 555-563

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