Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer,, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. Astronomy - Page 204by Sir John Frederick William Herschel - 1833 - 422 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Cargill Brough - Science - 1859 - 432 pages
...intersection of the plane of this orbit with the sphere of the heavens into twelve equal portions or signs, named in order — Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The sun, however, has also a real motion : he moves with the entire solar system in the direction of... | |
| Henry George Raverty - English language - 1859 - 130 pages
...ham-tableeat Constellation, pa'e darpa'e ^ jj ^, khalafl kawkab ^—££, nakhshatr j.. *,. £ i , Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces, barrah xj> burj-i-liamal do-paikara \£j } j, jawza chang t*£±»-j>-, sarafan ^ sher jJ*, asad Moshah... | |
| John Williams (of Lancaster, O.) - English language - 1860 - 410 pages
...allusion to the figures of animals, etc., with which the Zodiac is filled.) Table of the Latin Names. Aries. Taurus. Gemini. Cancer. Leo. Virgo. Libra....Scorpio. Sagittarius. Capricornus. Aquarius. .Pisces. Signs of the Zodiac. English Names. Symbols. The Ram. T1 The Bull. « The Twins. П The Crab. 25 The... | |
| Robert Main - Astronomy - 1863 - 434 pages
...divided into twelve equal parts called Signs of the Zodiac, named in the order of the Sun's course, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. The great circle also which is drawn through the poles of the Ecliptic and Equator, and is therefore... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1866 - 460 pages
...which are p^JfD l1? 'ZOH tVl, God created the twelve signs of the Zodiac, viz. :^~ In the World — Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. In Man — The organs of Sight, Hearing, Smelling, Talking, Taste, Copulating, Dealing, Walking, Thinking,... | |
| George Frederick Chambers - Astronomy - 1867 - 888 pages
...phrases. I here give the astronomical and some of the chief mathematical ones : — SlQNB OF THE ZODIAC. Aries . . Taurus .. Gemini . . Cancer .. Leo Virgo...Scorpio . . Sagittarius Capricornus Aquarius Pisces . . r « n s a "I Vf X The first, T , indicates the horns of the Kara ; the second, h , the head and... | |
| William James Rolfe, Joseph Anthony Gillet - Astronomy - 1868 - 328 pages
...including the paths of all the larger planets), and hence called the zodiacal constellations, viz. Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo,. Virgo, Libra,...Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. These are also the names of the twelve signs, or divisions of 30° each, into which the zodiac was... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| George Farrer Rodwell - Physical sciences - 1871 - 620 pages
...point of Aries, and the sign Aries extends 30 degrees from this point. Then follow the signs in the order— Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo,...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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