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GENERAL SCIENCE 



Auriga (6-ri'-ga), the charioteer or wagoner, is a constellation the 

 origin of whose name which is unknown. Capella (ka-pel'-a), bright 

 as a diamond, is the principal star in this constellation. It is high 



SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. 



FIG. 3666. 



above Orion toward the north, about half way between Orion and 

 Polaris. It has no rival near it. Capella resembles our sun although 

 it is very much larger. It gives off 120 times as much light and about 



