System of ike Universe. 



the Greek alphabet being put to the largest star 

 in each constellation; the second to the next, 

 and so on ; by which means every star is as 

 easily found as if a name were given to it. Thus 

 if the star a, in the constellation of the ram, is 

 mentioned, every astronomer knows as well what 

 star is meant, as if it were pointed out to him in 

 the heavens. 



The constellations which surround the ecliptic, 

 or apparent annual path of the Sun, and which 

 fill that zone of the heavens which is called the 

 zodiac, are the twelve following : 



Aries, or the ram, <Y 

 Taurus, the bull, 

 Gemini, the twins, n 

 Cancer, the crab, as 

 Leo, the lion, SI 

 Virgo, the virgin, R, 

 Libra, the balance, & 

 Scorpio, the scorpion, Wf 

 Sagittarius, the archer, 

 Capricornus the goat, Jcf 

 Aquarius, the water-bearer^ X 

 Pisces, the fishes, X . 



The zodiac goes quite round the heavens; it 

 is about sixteen degrees broad, so that it takes in 

 all the orbits of the old planets, and likewise the 

 orbit of the Moon. 



After having divided the ecliptic into twelve 



