Cosmos : a Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe
Cosmos : a Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe
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Such groups excite a vagpie sense of the mutual relation of parts, and have thus led to their receiving names, which, although varying among different races, were generally derived from organic terrestrial ob- jects. Amid the forms with which fancy animated the waste and silent vault of heaven, the earliest groups thus distinguished were the seven-starred Pleiades, the seven stars of the Great Bear, subsequently (on account of the repetition of the same form) the constellation of the Lesser Bea...r, the * Compare Strave, jptudet d\Asir. SteOaire, 1847, p. 66 and 72 ; Co«* iKflt, Yol. 1., p. 150 ; and Mfidler, AHr., 4te Aafl., $ 417.
Digitized by LjOOQ IC 118 COSMOS.
belt of Orion (Jacob's staff)) Osssiopeia, the Swan, the Soot- pion, the Southern Cross (owing to the striking difference in its direction before and after its culmination), the South- em Crown, the Feet of the Centaur (the Twins, afi it were, of the Southern hemisphere), &c.
Wherever steppes, grassy plains, or sandy wastes present a far-extended horizon, those constellations whose rising or setting corresponds with the busy seasons and requirements of pastoral and agricultural life have become the subject of attentive consideration, and have gradually led to a symbol- izing connection of ideas.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Such groups excite a vagpie sense of the mutual relation of parts, and have thus led to their receiving names, which, although varying among different races, were generally derived from organic terrestrial ob- jects. Amid the forms with which fancy animated the waste and silent vault of heaven, the earliest groups thus distinguished were the seven-starred Pleiades, the seven stars of the Great Bear, subsequently (on account of the repetition of the same form) the constellation of the Lesser Bea...r, the * Compare Strave, jptudet d\Asir. SteOaire, 1847, p. 66 and 72 ; Co«* iKflt, Yol. 1., p. 150 ; and Mfidler, AHr., 4te Aafl., $ 417.
Digitized by LjOOQ IC 118 COSMOS.
belt of Orion (Jacob's staff)) Osssiopeia, the Swan, the Soot- pion, the Southern Cross (owing to the striking difference in its direction before and after its culmination), the South- em Crown, the Feet of the Centaur (the Twins, afi it were, of the Southern hemisphere), &c.
Wherever steppes, grassy plains, or sandy wastes present a far-extended horizon, those constellations whose rising or setting corresponds with the busy seasons and requirements of pastoral and agricultural life have become the subject of attentive consideration, and have gradually led to a symbol- izing connection of ideas.
What to read after Cosmos : a Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe?
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