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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

FIG.                                                            PAGE
—Starboard showing cleats                                    2
—Cardboard star                                              2
—The North Star and Big Dipper on starboard                  3
—Finding the North Star and the Big Dipper                   4
—Line for sighting the North Star                            5
—The Big Dipper as we see it                                 6
—The Great Bear as the ancients saw it                       6
—The Earth, Pole Star and Dog Star                           7
—The North Star and Big Dipper in winter                     9
—The North Star and Big Dipper in spring                    10
—The North Star and Big Dipper in summer                    11
—Telling time by the Big Dipper                             12
—Constellation of Cassiopeia                                15
—Cassiopeia as the Arabs saw her                            16
—The Little Dipper or Little Bear                           16
—The Little Dipper made into a Little Bear                  17
—The Great Square of Pegasus                                18
—Holding the chart of Pegasus overhead                      19
—The Flying Horse of Pegasus                                20
—Figure of a trapezium                                      20
—Constellation of Orion                                     21
—Orion the Mighty Hunter                                    22
—Constellation of Auriga                                    23
—Auriga the Shepherd                                        24
—Constellation of Taurus                                    25
—Taurus the Bull                                            26
—Star map showing a part of the sky                         27
—Smoking glasses over candle flame                          29
—Seeing the sun through smoked glasses                      30
—A candle flame showing layers of flame                     31
—The sun as seen with a field glass                         32
—Prominences of the sun compared with the size of the earth 33
—Cross section of the sun                                   34
—Sun spot in Photosphere                                    35
—Barometer tube                                             36
—Barometer complete                                         36
—Boy focussing burning glass on leaves to make fire         38
—Boy sending flash signal with mirror                       39
—Continental Morse Code                                     39
—Base for heliograph                                        40
—Back view of heliograph                                    40

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

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