Fig. 3. THE DIURNAL REVOLUTION OK THE CONSTELLATION OF THE LESSEE BEAU. 



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CHAPTEE II. 



27. Antiquity of the name of Orion. 28. Nebulae in the constellation Orion. 

 29. General view of this region of the heavens. 30. Procyon and 

 Sirius. 31. Aldebaran : the Hyades and the Pleiades. 32. The 

 constellations of the zodiac. 33. Use of celestial maps. 34. Use 

 of a celestial globe. 35. To find the place of an object in the heavens. 



27. THE name of Orion is of high antiquity, occurring in the 

 books of Job, Amos, Ezekiel, and Isaiah. Some commentators 

 contend, however, that the personage figured in the constellation 

 is no other than Nimrod. It was believed that when this con- 

 stellation was in such a position as to precede the sun in rising, 

 storms and rain ensued, and Orion is hence characterised by such 

 epithets as " Imbrifer," (the bringer of rain;) " Nimbosus," (the 

 cloudy ;) and " Aquosus," (the watery). The Latin poets overflow 

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