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THE ANCIENT VIEW OF ASTRONOMY It is never safe, as we know, to judge by appearances, and this is perhaps more true of astronomy than of anything else. For instance, the idea which one would most naturally form of the earth and heaven is that the solid earth on which we live and move extends [...]

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THE NAMES OF THE STARS AND THEIR MEANINGS. Acubens, α Cancri, “the claws.” Situated in one of the Crab’s claws. It is white in color and culminates[1] March 18th. A-dar´-a, ε Canis Majoris, “the virgins,” a name for four stars, of which Adara is brightest. Situated in the Dog’s right thigh. It is pale orange [...]

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