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The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy LifeCollins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)

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The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy Life

Name: The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy Life
Author: Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)

Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)

Astronomy -- Juvenile literature; Stars -- Juvenile literature

=Twinkle.= To blink. To flash with varying
       brightness. The twinkling of stars is caused by the
       atmosphere.

    =Uniform.= Being the same all through or all along.

    =Vapor.= A gas produced from a liquid or a solid
       and which returns to its original form at ordinary
       temperatures. See Gas.

    =Vertical.= See Appendix B.

    =Vibration.= A to-and-fro movement, as the
       vibration of a particle of matter. A constant
       to-and-fro movement over the same line.

    =Visible.= That which the eye can see.

    =Wane.= To gradually grow smaller. Said of the
       Moon.

    =Wax.= To gradually grow larger. Said of the Moon.

    =Winter Stars.= The stars which can best be seen
       during the winter months.

    =Wireless Messages.= Messages which are sent and
       received by wireless telegraph stations.

    =Wireless system.= An apparatus for sending and
       receiving messages by wireless telegraph.

    =Your meridian.= The line running due north and
       south in the sky directly over your head. A meridian
       of this kind is called a celestial meridian.

    =Zodiacal lights.= A faint glowing light which
       may be seen above the western horizon just after
       twilight during the clear evenings of winter and
       spring. It can also be seen just before daybreak
       during the clear mornings of summer and autumn.




INDEX


    Air, thickness of, around Earth, 125.
    Air waves, 125.
    Alcor, in the Big Dipper, 11.
      and Mizar through a glass, 150.
    Aldebaran in Taurus, 26, 28.
    Almanac, 171.
      how to read, 182.
      Old Farmers’, 184.
      signs in, 183.
      use of, for finding planets, 61.
    Alpha Centauri nearest star, 118.
    Alphabet, Greek, 197.
      Morse, 39.
    Andromeda, great nebula in, 119.
    Annular eclipse of the Sun, 112.
    Antares in Scorpio, 180.
    Apennines on the Moon, 146.
    Apparent noon, 154.
    Apparent solar day, 154.
    Apparent time, 152.
    Aquarius, the Water Bearer, constellation of, 63.
      the Water Man, 173.
    Aquila, the Eagle, 201.
    Arab test for eyesight, 11.
    Arc defined, 194.
    Arctic day and Sun, 87.
    Arcturus in Boötes, 28.
    Aries, the Ram, 63, 175.
    Aristarchus on the Moon, 146.
    Ass’s Colts in Cancer, 176.
    Asteroids, 47, 54.
    Astrologer’s horoscopes, 180.
    Atoms, vibration of, 123.
    Auditory nerve, 125.
    Autumn, 74.
    Autumnal equinox, 178.
    Auriga, Capella in, 24.
    Auriga, the Charioteer, 23.
      constellation of, 23.
      of the Greeks, 24.
      the Shepherd, 24.

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The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy LifeCollins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)

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The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy Life

Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)

Astronomy -- Juvenile literature; Stars -- Juvenile literature

=Twinkle.= To blink. To flash with varying
       brightness. The twinkling of stars is caused by the
       atmosphere.

    =Uniform.= Being the same all through or all along.

    =Vapor.= A gas produced from a liquid or a solid
       and which returns to its original form at ordinary
       temperatures. See Gas.

    =Vertical.= See Appendix B.

    =Vibration.= A to-and-fro movement, as the
       vibration of a particle of matter. A constant
       to-and-fro movement over the same line.

    =Visible.= That which the eye can see.

    =Wane.= To gradually grow smaller. Said of the
       Moon.

    =Wax.= To gradually grow larger. Said of the Moon.

    =Winter Stars.= The stars which can best be seen
       during the winter months.

    =Wireless Messages.= Messages which are sent and
       received by wireless telegraph stations.

    =Wireless system.= An apparatus for sending and
       receiving messages by wireless telegraph.

    =Your meridian.= The line running due north and
       south in the sky directly over your head. A meridian
       of this kind is called a celestial meridian.

    =Zodiacal lights.= A faint glowing light which
       may be seen above the western horizon just after
       twilight during the clear evenings of winter and
       spring. It can also be seen just before daybreak
       during the clear mornings of summer and autumn.




INDEX


    Air, thickness of, around Earth, 125.
    Air waves, 125.
    Alcor, in the Big Dipper, 11.
      and Mizar through a glass, 150.
    Aldebaran in Taurus, 26, 28.
    Almanac, 171.
      how to read, 182.
      Old Farmers’, 184.
      signs in, 183.
      use of, for finding planets, 61.
    Alpha Centauri nearest star, 118.
    Alphabet, Greek, 197.
      Morse, 39.
    Andromeda, great nebula in, 119.
    Annular eclipse of the Sun, 112.
    Antares in Scorpio, 180.
    Apennines on the Moon, 146.
    Apparent noon, 154.
    Apparent solar day, 154.
    Apparent time, 152.
    Aquarius, the Water Bearer, constellation of, 63.
      the Water Man, 173.
    Aquila, the Eagle, 201.
    Arab test for eyesight, 11.
    Arc defined, 194.
    Arctic day and Sun, 87.
    Arcturus in Boötes, 28.
    Aries, the Ram, 63, 175.
    Aristarchus on the Moon, 146.
    Ass’s Colts in Cancer, 176.
    Asteroids, 47, 54.
    Astrologer’s horoscopes, 180.
    Atoms, vibration of, 123.
    Auditory nerve, 125.
    Autumn, 74.
    Autumnal equinox, 178.
    Auriga, Capella in, 24.
    Auriga, the Charioteer, 23.
      constellation of, 23.
      of the Greeks, 24.
      the Shepherd, 24.

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The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy Life

The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy Life

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