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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

Barometer, a simple, 35.
    Barometric pressure, 35.
    Belt of Orion, 21.
    Beta Pegasi, 18.
    Betelgeux in Orion, 28.
    Big Dipper, the, 2, 4.
      Alcor in the, 11.
      how to tell time by the, 12.
      Mizar in the, 11.
      pointer stars of, 10.
      position of, in autumn, 3.
        in summer, 11.
        in spring, 10.
        in winter, 9.
      through a telescope, 149.
    Boötes, the Bear Leader, 201.
    Boxing the compass, 78.
    Boy Scout, merit badge for, 193.
    Boy Scouts’ Handbook, 193.
    Brain of a genius, 192.
    Bull of Light, the, 26.
    Burning lens, 37.

    Camera, how it is made, 185.
    Cancer, the Crab, 176.
    Candle flame, 30.
    Canis Major, constellation of, 28, 201.
    Canis Minor, the Little Dog, 201.
    Capella, how to find the North with, 24.
    Cardinal points of a compass, 78.
    Cassiopeia of the Arabians, 16.
      constellation of, 14.
    Castor and Pollux in Gemini, 176.
    Cave man, how he marked time, 152.
    Central time, 160.
    Centrifugal force, 58, 90.
    Chromosphere, the Sun’s, 32.
    Chronograph, how made and used, 162.
    Chronometer, use of, to find longitude, 85.
    Circle defined, 194.
    Colored stars, 202.
    Colored sun glasses, 30.
    Colors, how they are made, 123, 129.
    Combustion, what it is, 123.
    Comet, breaking up of, 116.
      coma of a, 113.
      Halley’s, 115.
      how to find a, 112.
      nucleus of a, 113.
      tail of a, 113, 116.
    Comets, laws of, 114.
      number of, 116.
      paths of, 113.
      speed of, 115.
    Compass, boxing the, 78.
      cardinal points of a, 78.
      dial, mariner’s, 78.
      how to make a simple, 77.
      mariner’s, 78.
      pocket, 78.
    Concave lens, 134.
    Constellations: Aquarius, the Water Bearer, 63.
      Aquila, 201.
      Aries, the Ram, 63, 173, 175.
      Auriga, 23.
      Big Dipper, 6.
      Boötes, 201.
      Cancer, the Crab, 176.
      Canis Major, 28, 201.
      Cassiopeia, 14.
      Cygnus, 201.
      Flying Horse, 19.
      Gemini, the Twins, 63, 176.
      Great Bear, 6.
      Great Square of Pegasus, 17.
      having first magnitude stars, 201.
      Libra, the Balance, 178.
      Little Bear, 16.
      Little Dipper, 15.
      Leo, the Lion, 177.
      Lyre, 201.
      Mighty Orion, 20.
      Northern Cross, 202.
      Pisces, the Fishes, 63, 174.
      Pleiades, 26.
      Plough, 6.
      Sagittarius, the Archer, 180
      Scorpio, the Scorpion, 180.
      Taurus, the Bull, 24, 175.
      Ursa Major, 6.
      Ursa Minor, 17.
      Virgo, the Virgin, 177.
      what they mean, 14.
      Zodiac, 168.
    Convex lens, 133.
    Copernicus on the Moon, 148.
    Corona of the Sun, 33.
    Crescent Moon, 93.
    Cycle of the Seasons, 75.
    Cygnus, the Swan, 201.

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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

Barometer, a simple, 35.
    Barometric pressure, 35.
    Belt of Orion, 21.
    Beta Pegasi, 18.
    Betelgeux in Orion, 28.
    Big Dipper, the, 2, 4.
      Alcor in the, 11.
      how to tell time by the, 12.
      Mizar in the, 11.
      pointer stars of, 10.
      position of, in autumn, 3.
        in summer, 11.
        in spring, 10.
        in winter, 9.
      through a telescope, 149.
    Boötes, the Bear Leader, 201.
    Boxing the compass, 78.
    Boy Scout, merit badge for, 193.
    Boy Scouts’ Handbook, 193.
    Brain of a genius, 192.
    Bull of Light, the, 26.
    Burning lens, 37.

    Camera, how it is made, 185.
    Cancer, the Crab, 176.
    Candle flame, 30.
    Canis Major, constellation of, 28, 201.
    Canis Minor, the Little Dog, 201.
    Capella, how to find the North with, 24.
    Cardinal points of a compass, 78.
    Cassiopeia of the Arabians, 16.
      constellation of, 14.
    Castor and Pollux in Gemini, 176.
    Cave man, how he marked time, 152.
    Central time, 160.
    Centrifugal force, 58, 90.
    Chromosphere, the Sun’s, 32.
    Chronograph, how made and used, 162.
    Chronometer, use of, to find longitude, 85.
    Circle defined, 194.
    Colored stars, 202.
    Colored sun glasses, 30.
    Colors, how they are made, 123, 129.
    Combustion, what it is, 123.
    Comet, breaking up of, 116.
      coma of a, 113.
      Halley’s, 115.
      how to find a, 112.
      nucleus of a, 113.
      tail of a, 113, 116.
    Comets, laws of, 114.
      number of, 116.
      paths of, 113.
      speed of, 115.
    Compass, boxing the, 78.
      cardinal points of a, 78.
      dial, mariner’s, 78.
      how to make a simple, 77.
      mariner’s, 78.
      pocket, 78.
    Concave lens, 134.
    Constellations: Aquarius, the Water Bearer, 63.
      Aquila, 201.
      Aries, the Ram, 63, 173, 175.
      Auriga, 23.
      Big Dipper, 6.
      Boötes, 201.
      Cancer, the Crab, 176.
      Canis Major, 28, 201.
      Cassiopeia, 14.
      Cygnus, 201.
      Flying Horse, 19.
      Gemini, the Twins, 63, 176.
      Great Bear, 6.
      Great Square of Pegasus, 17.
      having first magnitude stars, 201.
      Libra, the Balance, 178.
      Little Bear, 16.
      Little Dipper, 15.
      Leo, the Lion, 177.
      Lyre, 201.
      Mighty Orion, 20.
      Northern Cross, 202.
      Pisces, the Fishes, 63, 174.
      Pleiades, 26.
      Plough, 6.
      Sagittarius, the Archer, 180
      Scorpio, the Scorpion, 180.
      Taurus, the Bull, 24, 175.
      Ursa Major, 6.
      Ursa Minor, 17.
      Virgo, the Virgin, 177.
      what they mean, 14.
      Zodiac, 168.
    Convex lens, 133.
    Copernicus on the Moon, 148.
    Corona of the Sun, 33.
    Crescent Moon, 93.
    Cycle of the Seasons, 75.
    Cygnus, the Swan, 201.

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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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