File:The book of stars; being a simple explanation of the stars and their uses to boy life, written to conform to the tests of the Boy scouts (1915) (14591806980).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(1,464 × 744 pixels, file size: 136 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

The categories of this image need checking. You can do so here.
  • Please remove redundant categories and try to put this image in the most specific category/categories.
  • You can remove this template by clicking here (or on the first line).



Description
English:

Identifier: bookofstarsbeing00coll (find matches)
Title: The book of stars; being a simple explanation of the stars and their uses to boy life, written to conform to the tests of the Boy scouts
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869-
Subjects: Astronomy Stars
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
«_* Fig. 6.—The Big Dipper As We See It. The stars forming the Big Dipper stand out so bright andclear in the northern sky that you wont have the slightest troublein finding it, especially if you have the star finder at hand tohelp you. In using the star finder there is one thing you should keep
Text Appearing After Image:
Fig. 7.—The Great Bear as the Ancients Saw It. well in mind and that is that the Big Dipper as we see it turnsround the North Star, like the hands of a clock, but in the oppo-site direction. That is, the Big Dipper seems to turn round theNorth Star from left to right. In a word the North Star forms one end of the axis roundwhich not only the Big Dipper but the whole starry heavens HOW TO FIND THE NORTH STAR 7 seem to revolve as though they were fastened to the spokes of agreat wheel. This is the way it seems to us. As a matter offact, though, all the stars are fixed in their positions in the sky,

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Date
Source

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14591806980/

Author Internet Archive Book Images
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Flickr tags
InfoField
  • bookid:bookofstarsbeing00coll
  • bookyear:1915
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Collins__A__Frederick__Archie_Frederick___1869_
  • booksubject:Astronomy
  • booksubject:Stars
  • bookpublisher:New_York__D__Appleton_and_company
  • bookcontributor:The_Library_of_Congress
  • booksponsor:The_Library_of_Congress
  • bookleafnumber:25
  • bookcollection:library_of_congress
  • bookcollection:americana
Flickr posted date
InfoField
29 July 2014

Licensing[edit]

This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images at https://flickr.com/photos/126377022@N07/14591806980. It was reviewed on 20 September 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

20 September 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current00:01, 20 September 2015Thumbnail for version as of 00:01, 20 September 20151,464 × 744 (136 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{subst:chc}} {{information |description={{en|1=<br> '''Identifier''': bookofstarsbeing00coll ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Fbookofstarsbein...

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:The_book_of_stars;_being_a_simple_explanation_of_the_stars_and_their_uses_to_boy_life,_written_to_conform_to_the_tests_of_the_Boy_scouts_(1915)_(14591806980).jpg&oldid=592875780"