5/52 They are for navigators and astronomers, and are much more innocent than they look. The plain citizen, seeking only an introduction to the planets, can return their stare and pass by, without feeling in the least humiliated. 2 .-- FROM RIGHT ASCENSION 4 HOURS TO 8 HOURS; DECLINATION 30 deg. SOUTH.] In the front part of the book, after the long calendar, and the tables relating to the sun and the moon, will be found about thirty pages of tables headed, in large black letters, with the names of the planets--Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, etc. |