Star-Names and Their Meanings

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... Horse's Head (Equuleus),2i3. Horse and his Rider, 446. Horseshoe Nebula, 373. Horns, 85, 307. Horus Apollo, 434. Horus the Elder and Horus the Younger, 224. Hostia and Hostiola, 278. Hounds, The, 115. House, 340, 365. House of Jupiter, 356. House of Mars, 79, 364. House of Mercury, 228, 464. House of Saturn, 49, 136. House of the Five Emperors, 78. House of the Moon, 108. House of the Sun, 252. House of Venus, 274. How, 301. How Kung, 460. Hridroga, 48. Hrusa, 385. Hucru, 472. Hulde Strasse, 479. Hunt, William Holman, and the Arab shaylch, 33. Hunter, The. See Orion. Hunter, The (Sinus), 122. Hunter with his two Dogs, 423. Hunting Dogs, The. See Canes I'fttatici. Hurru, 366. Hutabhuj, 390. Hwa Kae, 106, 159. Hwan Chay, 301, 302. Hyades, The (a, 9', 0*, y, 6, of Taurus), famous In classic days, 386; in mythology, 387; anciently seven, are only six now, 387; different authors give different numbers of, 387; in Homer, 387; with other Greeks, 387; various authors on, 387, 388; other Latin names for, 388; in Arabia, 389; stormy character of, 389; among the Hindus, 389; in China, 389; with the biblical school, 389; Anglo- Snxon titles of, 389. Hyadurn I and Hyadum II, 300, 391. Hyde, Dr. Thomas, translator of the Tables of Ulug Hcg, 2; inventor of the term cunciformcn, 2 (note); translator of A! Tizini's work, 2; his deri- vation of " Mazzaroth," 2; etpassim. Hydra, of Chaldaea (Libra), 276. Hydra, various names for, 246-249; one of the Ar- gonautic constellations, 247; in Ovid, 247; various astronomers upon, 247; in the Arabo-Latin Al- magest, 247; La Lande's title for, 247; general representation of, 247; Noctua recently added to, 348; in the constellations of the biblical school as- tronomy, 248; in Chinese astronomy, 248; in Hindu...