| 单词 | Pleiades |
| 例句 | Pleiades Corp designed these luxury vessels to take rich people across the galaxy in comfort. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In the distance, the Pleiades ship’s gravity stabilizer starts to hum, louder and louder. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But this time you will guess “The Pleiades!” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The sun sank below Ladle Hill and the autumn stars began to shine in the darkening east—Perseus and the Pleiades, Cassiopeia, faint Pisces and the great square of Pegasus. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad says Pleiades had been storing their ships in a massive underground facility at the old Denver airport—they weren’t supposed to leave Earth on their first official trip for another two years. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Behind him, the purple strip lighting of Pleiades Corporation lines the cockpit. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Purple strip lighting encircles the entrance, just like on the Pleiades Corp commercial, but beyond that it is dark except for a faint blue glow. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Fancy purple strip-lighting of the Pleiades Corp still runs along gunmetal floor and ceiling. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z A thin strip of Pleiades purple strip lighting in the shape of a door, just like the one at the back of the ship leading to the hold. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Chandeliers with Pleiades Corp’s signature color, royal purple, illuminating the faces of actors in fancy clothes, holding martini glasses and smiling as they stared out at a fake nebula. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Light, the deep purple of the ocean and a reminder of the Pleiades Corporation, illuminates a stairwell spiraling downward into darkness. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z An hour later, we were doing some posh day-drinking at Bar Pleiades. My Upper East Side Story: Pizza, Schnitzel, a Piano Bar 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z But what appeared to be a fuzzy cluster in the sky became clear with binoculars: they were the seven stars in the Pleiades Group. Personal Journeys: Stargazing Rivals Traditional Night Life 2010-08-14T05:30:00Z The Pleiades were almost directly overhead and Uranus was floating somewhere near the horizon. Central Idaho is more than a ski destination. Here’s how to find world-class stargazing 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z A bartender who worked at the Bar Pleiades inside Cafe Boulud and who had been after me to stop by, commented, “You’re getting closer.” My Upper East Side Story: Pizza, Schnitzel, a Piano Bar 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Enthusiasts fell in love with his brawny, expressive releases, often labeled “editions” — not “vintages,” since he might cancel an annual release if it didn’t meet his expectations — and named for constellations: Orion, Pleiades, Andromeda. Sean Thackrey, Creator of Eccentric California Wines, Dies at 79 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z The timing of that observance is hooked to the rising of the Pleiades in New Zealand, where the Maori are the indigenous people. Pacific Day marks the Maori New Year Republican lawmakers in 37 states have already introduced more than 160 pieces of anti-E.S.G. legislation this year, according to the research firm Pleiades Strategy. Disney Goes Back to the Future 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z This year they proposed some 165 pieces of legislation in 37 states to counter ESG investment practices, according to Pleiades Strategy, a climate-focused research and advisory firm. Analysis-New anti-ESG rule in Missouri offers US Republicans another path away from 'wokeness' 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z This week, once the sky darkens, look for the Pleiades star cluster near the planet’s bright glow. April night sky boasts bright emerging star, Mercury and a meteor shower 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z The launch was meant to take two Earth observation satellites made by Airbus, Pleiades Neo 5 and 6, into orbit. Faulty part from Ukraine likely cause rocket launch failure 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z The launch of Vega C was meant to take two Earth observation satellites made by Airbus, Pleiades Neo 5 and 6, into orbit. ESA chief vows to restore Europe’s access to space 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z The launch, operated by the European Space Agency, was meant to take two earth observation satellites made by Airbus, Pleiades Neo 5 and 6, into orbit. Failure of Vega-C rocket launch in French Guiana 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z But of those 165 proposals, only 22 anti-ESG laws in 16 states were approved this year, Pleiades found. Analysis-New anti-ESG rule in Missouri offers US Republicans another path away from 'wokeness' 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z The moon reaches full Sept. 10 and cruises past the dazzling Jupiter the next night, then approaches the fuzzy Pleiades cluster in the Taurus constellation Sept. 14-15. Skywatch: Jupiter stars in September’s cooling nights 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z The Pleiades cluster is currently passing through an interstellar cloud that contains dust grains, which scatter the light from the hot blue stars in the cluster. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The milking is done between mid-May and mid-July, with the appearance of the Pleiades star cluster in the night sky a traditional sign of its end. Kyrgyzstan promotes its traditional mare's milk to lure tourists 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z But there are other Getty trusts; if they all follow the practice that Sonn alleges about Pleiades, the amount at issue could be in the billions. Column: The Getty oil fortune, a family scandal and an alleged multimillion-dollar tax scam 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Those stars were the Pleiades—in Yucatec, tsab, or the rattle of the snake—and he told her that the cluster’s predawn appearances began as the harvest approached. What did the ancient Maya see in the stars? Their descendants team up with scientists to find out 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The fourth-year broadcast production student has managed to capture detailed images of star clusters and nebulas located light years away, such as Pleiades, Andromeda Galaxy and the Orion Nebula. Student captures stunning images of stars and galaxies 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Her poems have appeared in publications including the Literary Review, Pleiades and Court Green. ‘WHITE GOLD,’ a poem by Christine Larusso 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z The far-left Pleiades cluster took shape after seven sisters turned to stars, according to Greek mythology. Stunning Astronomy Photos Look Like They’re Shot from Space 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Sonn began attending the quarterly meetings the three sisters had with their father regarding the management of Pleiades. Column: The Getty oil fortune, a family scandal and an alleged multimillion-dollar tax scam 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The crescent moon moves closer to Mars on Feb. 16-17, passes the planet Feb. 18, and then scoots by the Pleiades, the fuzzy star cluster M45, on the next night. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in February 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Practiced annually for hundreds of years, the celebrations mark the start of the harvest season, when the Pleiades, a prominent cluster of stars, return to the night sky in the Southern Hemisphere. Witnessing Peru’s Enduring, if Altered, Snow Star Festival 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z That open cluster also goes by the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in April 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z For example, the indigenous farmers of the Bolivian and Peruvian Andes successfully forecast weather patterns by observing the size and brightness of the Pleiades star cluster. Indigenous Knowledge Can Help Solve the Biodiversity Crisis 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z The Getty family trust, of which Gordon and his sons are beneficiaries, was restructured by creating a successor, known as the Pleiades Trust, to benefit his daughters. Column: The Getty oil fortune, a family scandal and an alleged multimillion-dollar tax scam 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The planets Mercury, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter offer a morning show before sunrise in April, while a dim Mars and the Pleiades cluster revel in the evening. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in April 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z It will sit between two bright star clusters, the Pleiades and the Hyades. Comet named after Wisconsin astronomer to pass by Earth 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z At this point, the comet should be easy to hunt down as it passes by the brilliant Pleiades and Hyades star clusters. Top 8 Must-See Sky Events for 2018 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z When you look up, familiar, crystalline winter ornaments like Orion and the Pleiades appear, while auroras may offer the sensation, sometimes for several hours, of sailing across a phosphorescent sea. Opinion | At the Solstice, in Praise of Darkness 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z Gordon became the principal beneficiary of Pleiades, which the lawsuit says his daughters will inherit after his death. Column: The Getty oil fortune, a family scandal and an alleged multimillion-dollar tax scam 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z As April progresses, the Red Planet gains distance between it and the Pleiades. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in April 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z The related meteors appear to diverge from a spot on the sky just to the south of the Pleiades. How to Watch the Taurid Meteor Shower This Weekend 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z The Milky Way, the Pleiades – all seven of them! – the light of stars you never knew existed — flare up in the darkness of skies so vast your soul expands with each breath. Find dark skies and deep quiet | Provided By Okanogan County Tourism Council 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Very early morning, before any hint of daybreak, look for the bright “morning star” Venus in the east to guide you to the nearby Pleiades star cluster. Sparkly Meteors and 7 More Can’t-Miss Sky Events in July 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Sonn says she eventually learned that much of the management of the Pleiades Trust was designed to preserve the “fictional” impression that everything connected with the trust was domiciled in Nevada, including its clients. Column: The Getty oil fortune, a family scandal and an alleged multimillion-dollar tax scam 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The winning entry could revolutionize the way scientists use the Pleiades. Geniuses Wanted: NASA Challenges Coders to Speed Up Its Supercomputer 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z In a statement, Mr Rohn said the software is used on the agency's Pleiades supercomputer to test early designs of futuristic aircraft. Nasa runs competition to help make old Fortran code faster - BBC News 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Late night on September 20, the waning gibbous moon will be rising in the low eastern horizon, forming a pretty triangular formation with the Hyades and Pleiades star clusters. The Autumn Equinox Is Here—What You Need to Know 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z One of the first groups of stars that researchers will want to check is the Pleiades, a cluster in the constellation Taurus. Milky Way mapper: 6 ways the Gaia spacecraft will change astronomy 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z They were assisted on "Operation Pleiades" by their colleagues from Australia, France and Japan, as well as Romania, USA and Switzerland. DDoS extortion gang suspect arrested by European police - BBC News 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Though it is old, the Fortran code used by the Pleiades has gone through several versions over the decades, getting more sophisticated each time. Geniuses Wanted: NASA Challenges Coders to Speed Up Its Supercomputer 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Algol in the constellation Perseus, rising in the northeastern sky after nightfall near the triangular pattern formed by Capella, Mirfak, and the Pleiades cluster. This Week’s Night Sky: Stellar Ghoul Haunts Halloween Skies 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The Pleiades, which will be above the moon, is a much younger cluster that lies 440 light-years from Earth. The Autumn Equinox Is Here—What You Need to Know 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Early risers on Saturday, get treated to a pretty conjunction of the moon with the orange giant star Aldebaran and the Pleiades star cluster. This Week's Night Sky: Mars Lines Up With Stellar Twins 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z To spot Comet Lovejoy, just look in the direction of Orion, Taurus and the Pleiades, high in the southeast sky. Look Up to See Latest Comet Lovejoy 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z In February, Kepler will turn its gaze to the well-known clusters Pleiades and Hyades, followed in April by the Beehive and M67 clusters. Sun’s stroke keeps Kepler online 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z The latest result, from a US team using a worldwide network of radio telescopes, is in good agreement with more than a dozen previous measurements to the Pleiades, made using multiple techniques. Row reignites over distance of Pleiades star cluster 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z The team ran seven models using NASA’s Pleiades Supercomputer at the space agency’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. Regional Nuclear War Would Still Wreak Global Climate Havoc, Says Study 2014-03-08T12:03:00Z This skychart shows the crescent moon forming a triad in the constellation Taurus with 66 light year distant Aldebaran and the Pleiades star cluster, which is 400 light years away. This Week's Night Sky: Mars Lines Up With Stellar Twins 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Pleiades is primarily a French national space project. Satellite measures 'quake island' 2013-09-27T17:02:36Z As night falls, find Jupiter in the western sky still loitering near the Hyades and Pleiades. Look for Comet Panstarrs in March — but look hard 2013-03-03T01:58:03Z The Pleiades cluster is made of young stars, only 100 million years old, and visible to the naked eye in the Taurus constellation. Row reignites over distance of Pleiades star cluster 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z A French high-resolution imaging satellite, named Pleiades, was launched in 2011. Public picks best satellite image 2013-01-11T09:27:01Z Star Icefall: Orion, Taurus and the Pleiades form the backdrop to this eerie frozen landscape. Pictures: Best astronomy photos of 2012 2012-09-21T10:42:58Z Other standout entries include a photograph of the Pleiades cluster, taken by a 15-year-old astronomer, and an image of this year’s transit of Venus across the sun, which was taken on 6 June. ScienceShot: Whirlpool Galaxy is Astronomy Photography Star 2012-09-20T18:55:40Z Some of the Himalaya summits reach, indeed, a couple of miles nearer Orion and the Pleiades, but they rise from an elevated plateau sloping gradually upwards for hundreds of miles. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z “Especially as God can never change, And man’s the object of His constant care And though beyond the Pleiades we range His boundless love and mercy must be there.” Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z Most of Howard's works are small: he selected classic and poetic subjects, such as The Birth of Venus, The Solar System, Pandora, and The Pleiades, and occasionally he painted portraits. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z One day, in the dense shade of the forest, he met a group of Diana’s nymphs, the seven Pleiades, daughters of Atlas. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z The Pleiades are sometimes called the Seven Sisters, but the cluster is actually made up of many young stars. ScienceShot: Whirlpool Galaxy is Astronomy Photography Star 2012-09-20T18:55:40Z Another occultation of the Pleiades is recorded by Agrippa in the reign of Domitian. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Cloudless shines the limpid day, Shine by night the Pleiades; While a grateful summer breeze Makes the season soft and gay. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z From corresponding radial velocities, we draw the ready conclusion that certain groups or clusters of stars are actually connected in space and moving as related systems, as in the Pleiades and Ursa Major. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z The "Pleiades" are a pack of dogs in pursuit of a bear. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Over head are the Pleiades, the lone Aldebaran, Perseus, and Capella. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z The famous group of the Pleiades is well known; but there is great difficulty in understanding Al-Sufi’s description of the cluster. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Twilight fallen white and cold, Child in cradle, lamb in fold; Glimmering thro’ the ghostly trees, Gemini and Pleiades. The Mountainy Singer 2012-02-20T03:00:20.273Z The familiar group of the winter sky known as the Pleiades is a loose cluster, showing relatively very few stars even in telescopes or on photographic plates. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z C�sar is gone, and sixty generations since, but Orion and the Pleiades remain. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z The Pleiades they call “Munkine,” the name for a virgin or unmarried girl. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z The Adipones of Brazil and some other nations claimed that they sprang from the Pleiades! Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z When Allah yoked the courses of the sun, And launched the Pleiades their race to run, My lot was fixed in fate's high chancery; Then why blame me for wrong that fate has done? The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z He was all alone; he had about him no circle of "Pleiades" to encourage and assist; he had no traditions, religious or otherwise, that would compel silence. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z I heard—once more a part of it— The central music of the Pleiades, And to Alcyone my soul Swayed with the stars that own her song's control. The Star-Treader and other poems 2011-12-27T03:00:09.977Z With help from NASA's Pleiades supercomputer, the researchers analyzed close to a billion different scenarios, Torres says. It's a Small World: Kepler Spacecraft Discovers First Known Earth-Size Exoplanet 2011-12-20T18:15:00.213Z Now, it is very difficult or impossible to identify these stars with the stars in the Pleiades as they are at present. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z The first was Pleiades, a one-tonne observation satellite to be used extensively by the French defense ministry. France launches spy satellites aboard Russian rocket 2011-12-17T04:13:18Z The Pleiades were beginning to settle,—it was not far from morning. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z From Algenib you can trace a row of stars downward, almost to the Pleiades in the bull’s shoulder. The Star People 2011-11-06T02:00:16.133Z The chariot of the Moon shall disorder the zodiac, and the Pleiades break forth into weeping. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z Photographs show that the brighter stars of the Pleiades are involved in nebulosity. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z But President Hammer, whose office was on the floor above the cage, was as remote from Horace as the Pleiades. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z By his wife Peli´one, he had seven daughters, who were called Pleiades; they were changed into stars, and form the beautiful group which we admire in the constellation Taurus. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Above thee soared the Pleiades, Beneath, Auriga flared; His vast melodic harmonies Rigel with Algol shared: Space trembled to the minstrelsy Of Deneb and Alcyone. The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z The Pleiades no longer dimmered on the very limit of vision, but were separate points of delicate light. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Kepler could see 14 stars in the Pleiades with the naked eye, so his eyesight must have been exceptionally keen. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z The Pleiades mark the channel to the open sky. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z In the east there rose first the Pleiades, then Orion, then Sirius, and still we went on and on; but how slowly, owing to the waggons and carts lagging far behind. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z Up, too, through the little oak came Aldebaran the red Bull’s-Eye, the bent rod of Aries, and the cluster of the Pleiades. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Orion or the Pleiades, either of them, is infinitely superior in point of brilliancy, symmetry, and individuality. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z In the Chinese Annals some records are given of Venus having been seen in the Pleiades. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z It would be an easy task to enlarge upon the wonders of the sky, but how shall man describe the works of Him "who maketh Arcturus, Orion, Pleiades, and the Chambers of the South?" Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z M. Decharme decides that the stars are the Pleiades, the Graces the rays of the vernal sun, and Dionysus as a bull the symbol of the vernal sun itself. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The flickering Pleiades, the star-dusted spot in Cancer, and Leo, came in succession. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Next we come to the Pleiades: "Though small their size and pale their light, wide is their fame." Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z From a height of 12,050 feet at La Paz, Bolivia, he saw with the naked eye in February, 1883, ten stars in the Pleiades in full moonlight, and seventeen stars in the Hyades. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Job, "Canst thou bind the cluster of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?" What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z We have seen that in India November is called the month of the Pleiades. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z The Pleiades he loved most, for they were the first constellation he learned to know. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Observations of the proper motions of the Pleiades have shown that there is an actual physical connection between them; that they are, literally speaking, a flight of suns. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z It seems, therefore, more reasonable to suppose that most of the faint stars visible in the Pleiades are really far behind the cluster in space. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z How wonderfully He can toss balls, and strew the milky way, and hurl Pleiades and Orion! What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z This was determined by the culmination of the Pleiades at midnight. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z As the flames ascended, and it was seen that the Pleiades had crossed the zenith, cries of joy burst from the assembled people below. The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru 2011-06-13T02:00:26.863Z They appear to be flying with different velocities in every direction, although—as in the case of the Pleiades—we often find groups of them associated together in a common direction of flight. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z Photographs of the vicinity show that the sky all round the Pleiades is equally rich in faint stars. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z The individual name by which the “Pleiades” of the sixteenth century may best be remembered is that of Ronsard, the poet, associated with the romantic and pathetic memory of Mary Queen of Scots. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z There we find that the great festival of the Mexican cycle was held in November, at the time of the midnight culmination of the Pleiades. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Priests and people gazed feverishly at the Pleiades to see if they would pass the zenith. The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru 2011-06-13T02:00:26.863Z In Jeaurat's chart of the Pleiades, made in 1779, a vast nebulous mass is represented near the stars Atlas and Pleione. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z An examination of the proper motions tends to confirm this view of the matter, and indicates that the Pleiades cluster is a comparatively small one and simply projected on a background of fainter stars. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Three centuries have now elapsed since the date of “The Pleiades.” French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z When the Pleiades rise, the care of the vine must cease; and when, fleeing from Orion, they are lost in the waves, sailing commences to be dangerous. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z You all know the stars that are called the Pleiades. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z The Pleiades also have a supposed connection with that mystery of mysteries, the great Pyramid of Cheops. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z That all of these stars belong to the Pleiades group is not at all probable. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Their peculiar appellation, “The Pleiades,” was copied from that of a somewhat similar group of Greek writers that existed in the time of Ptolemy Philadelphus. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Any year that is regulated by the Pleiades, or by any other group of stars, must, as we have seen before, be what is called a sidereal, and not a solar year. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Now, one of the Pleiades is dimmer than the rest, and they say that it is the little singer, who is homesick and pale because he wants to return but cannot. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z The connection of the Pleiades with traditions of the Flood is most remarkable. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z Another “eclipse” of the Pleiades by Venus is recorded in the same annals as having occurred on March 10, A.D. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z The sweet influence of the Pleiades has more than poetic meaning, and the cold light of the moon brings on its beams the breath of love. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z For in his description of the shield of Achilles, he mentions the Pleiades, the Hyades, Orion and the Bear, "which alone does not bathe in the Ocean." Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z On her mother's side was the Pleiades family, daughters of old Atlas who held the earth on his shoulders and nymphs in the train of Diana, the huntress. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Pleiades, 10, 22, 89, 95. names of the, 100. mythology of, 100. and the Flood, 101, 102. and the Great Pyramid, 101. picture of the, 103. common motion of the, 104. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z He turned round, however, to let the Pleiades rise before them, that is, the so-called "inverted rain," which ascends only for the space of five minutes, and properly only in an illumination. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z The glorious seven! long may their flag Wave proudly on the breeze; Long may they burn on fame’s broad sky— The Southern Pleiades! Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z Among the most remarkable of the constellations is a group of seven stars arranged in a kind of triangular cluster, and known as the Pleiades. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Diana was to be seen in the silvery moon of the night sky, and the Pleiades surrounded her there, seven shining stars. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Still another curious fact about the Pleiades is the existence of some rather mysterious nebulous masses in the cluster. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z His rules of agriculture would be a mixture of rough common sense and stupid taboos: he would not reap till the Pleiades were rising, and he would carefully avoid sitting on a fixed stone. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z The upholder of polygamy was naturally not in the least degree confused by this female Pleiades. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z The name by which the Pleiades are known among the Polynesians is the "Tau," which means a season, and they speak of the years of the Tau, that is of the Pleiades. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z So she spent part of her time in the sky with the Pleiades and part in the ocean with her grandfather. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z This has since been identified by Goldschmidt as part of a huge, ill-defined nebula, which he thought he could perceive enveloping the whole group of the Pleiades. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z The poets of the Pleiades came to teach the modern note. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Then James Hunt, the hero lover, Who had never quailed at danger, Trembling for his happy passion, Rose and pointed toward the westward, Toward the Pleiades descending, Deep behind the gloomy forest. The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems 2011-01-14T03:00:46.933Z Whether such an account be probable, mythical, or unnatural, there are certainly some strange things to account for in connection with the Pleiades. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z The Pleiades are perhaps the most conspicuous one, for here some sixty or more stars are found traveling together along similar paths. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z They have found that there are many nebulous masses involved in the group of the Pleiades, and have photographed them. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z It was he who wrote the proclamation of the Pleiades which I have already mentioned. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z My dear, he shall not see The Pleiades again, and they are up At nine. The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems 2011-01-14T03:00:46.933Z Such traditions and observances we shall notice as we trace the spread of this new-year's festival of the dead among various nations, and its connection, with the Pleiades. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Test your own vision by counting the stars of the Pleiades. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Henry, Paul and Prosper, photographs of the Pleiades, 105. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z Others served as the abodes of Chaska, our planet Venus, the Pleiades, the Thunder, the Rainbow, and finally the officiating priests of the temple. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z A troop of young maidens, like the Pleiades, attended her on tiptoe. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Among the ancient Egyptians we find the same connection between Athar-aye, the name of the Pleiades, with the Chaldeans and Hebrews, and Athor in the Egyptian name of November. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z The constellation of the Pleiades is nearer to me than thou! The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments With the most powerful field-glass you may be able to see all of the stars represented in our picture of the Pleiades. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z Once the Pleiades hung above me like a cluster of gems; I tried to admire them, but there was no fervour in my admiration. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. Some came right from the Great Bear; afterwards they chiefly came from the Bull, or Aldebaran, or the Pleiades. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The Pleiades scarcely escape anybody's observation now, and we shall not be, therefore, surprised that they have always attracted great attention. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Tired as the men were, and wearied by so many hardships, a further dismay was caused by a fall of snow, which the setting of the Pleiades brought with it. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men In every age and in every country the Pleiades have been watched, admired, and wondered at, for they are visible from every inhabited land on the globe. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z We can strip our niggardly souls so bare That we haggle a penny between us; Or we can be rich in a common share Of the Pleiades and Venus. Impertinent Poems Now it was not difficult to observe, that, after ninety-nine lunar months, the setting of the Pleiades coincided pretty exactly with the same phase of the moon. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 Let us first explain what may be observed with respect to the Pleiades. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Or up they float on viewless wings To twinkle high among the trees, And rival with soft glimmerings The shining of the Pleiades. Later Poems It is a singular fact that many of the earliest writers declare that only six Pleiades can be seen, although they all assert that they are seven in number. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z We have already given some Australian examples in the stories of the Pleiades, and of Castor and Pollux. Custom and Myth New Edition That the harvest begins at the rising of the Pleiades, is stated by Hesiod. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 The Egyptians, we may make the fair surmise, adopted from both sources; they took the Pleiades to indicate the Bull, and they called this animal after the Atauria. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z I have seen in some recent astronomical work this very instance of the Pleiades and Orion taken as a marked illustration of this problematical fact in astronomy. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science The mythological history of the Pleiades is intensely interesting, too, because it is world-wide. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z He would call the stars, not the Bear, or the Swan, or the Pleiades, but Truth, Mercy, Justice, and so forth, that men might be born, not under bestial, but moral influences. Custom and Myth New Edition The Latin name for the Pleiades is Vergiliæ, from virga, a sprout or twig. Lectures on The Science of Language On the other hand, as we have seen, this number seven may have been derived from the number of the stars in the Pleiades. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z I think it is Herder who well unites both views, the Pleiades being bound together in a sisterly union, and also ushering in the spring by their appearance above the horizon. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science In November, 1885, Paul and Prosper Henry turned their great photographing telescope upon the Pleiades, and with it discovered a nebula apparently attached to the star Maia. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z Let us begin with that well-known group the Pleiades. Custom and Myth New Edition Navigation in the Greek waters was considered safe after the return of the Pleiades; and it closed when they disappeared. Lectures on The Science of Language At their midnight culmination in November, they still hold a new-year's corroboree, in honour of the Mormodellick, as they call the Pleiades, which they say are "very good to the black fellows." Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south. The Bible Story The Pleiades are in the shoulder and the Hyades in the face of Taurus, Aldebaran most appropriately representing one of his blazing eyes as he hurls himself against Orion. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z But the names of stars which we inherit from Greek mythology—the Bear, the Pleiades, Castor and Pollux, and so forth—are such as no people in our mental condition would originally think of bestowing. Custom and Myth New Edition No wonder many children love the Pleiades best of all the constellations. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place Now let us take the heavens as they were 2170 B.C., the date at which the Pleiades really commenced the spring, by their midnight culmination, and ask how high they would be then. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z And again of the moon and the Pleiades: "The moon has left the sky; Lost is the Pleiads' light; It is midnight And time slips by; But on my couch alone I lie." Greek Women And now let us look at the Hyades, an assemblage of stars not less beautiful than their more celebrated sisters the Pleiades. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z For instance, when the Australians tell a myth about the Pleiades very like the Greek myth of the Pleiades, we must ask a number of questions. Custom and Myth New Edition Sometimes the moon comes near the Pleiades, and you expect that the moon will blot them all out. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place In fact, the remarkable group of stars known as the Pleiades actually does play this part. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z It was in South America, indeed, that the Peruvians, alongside of their highly developed sun-cult, rendered homage and offered sacrifices to the Pleiades. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The Pleiades are an example of such a group. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z Mädler, however, has gone so far as to designate a particular star, Alcyone in the Pleiades, as being at or about the very spot around which a general revolution is performed. Eureka: A Prose Poem They even say it is possible for the moon to pass through the Pleiades without touching one of them! Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place Be this the case, however, or not, Mr. Haliburton's researches seem to show that the earliest form of year was the sidereal one, and that it was regulated by the Pleiades. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z A survey of the data presented by Herr Andree shows that the cult of the Pleiades attained its greatest development amongst tribes inhabiting a southerly latitude. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Here perhaps the constellation Virgo.546.The seven gods are the Pleiades, CT. Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms The boy glanced up at the stars again and saw the tight cluster of the Pleiades. The Egyptian Cat Mystery But the most poetic description of the Pleiades that I have ever read is in Tennyson's poem "Locksley Hall," in which he says they "glitter like a swarm of fireflies tangled in a silver braid." Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place “To the Pleiades and to Bootes” Beethoven had likewise marked in his copy of the Odyssey. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians The first, the cult of the Above, of the Blue Sky, was directed towards the sun and the planets and stars intimately associated with sunrise and sunset, amongst them the Pleiades. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The court of that sovereign was, moreover, adorned by a constellation of seven poets, to which the gay Alexandrians gave the nickname of the Pleiades. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition In the ten years 1830-1840 a new school arose in Berlin, the seven leaders of which have been called “The Pleiades.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" But the astronomers say the full moon sails through the Pleiades and covers only one of them at a time, as a rule. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place In the same author’s Works and Days, a treatise which is a sort of shepherd’s calendar, there are distinct references to the Pleiades, Hyades, Orion, Sirius and Arcturus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" The Nahuas traced ancestry to seven stars of Ursa Major and began their religious year at the culmination of the Pleiades at midnight. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Some authors pretend to assume that this well marked septenary system has reference to the Pleiades or Seven stars. Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa Between these and the bright Orion, which rose every night and glittered in the south, he discovered seven small stars that were set in a cluster, and called the Pleiades. The History of Sandford and Merton One is that there are really more than 3,000 stars among the Pleiades. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place On the other hand, Aratus kept the Pleiades distinct from Taurus, but Hipparchus reduced these stars to an asterism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" The famous cup of Nestor, supposed to have been a divining cup, had two groups of Pleiades on its handle....” The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades?"—Job xxviii. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Something of the kind is noticeable when we try to count the seven stars of the Pleiades. The Great Cattle Trail But the most amazing thing about the Pleiades is the distances between them. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place Royal favor and amiable dispositions united them in a club: public applause and self-appreciation led them to call it The Pleiades. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 Nor has there been any time since the world began when the Pleiades were anywhere near the direction of the southward pointing passage. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 The story of the lost sister of the Pleiades, according to the Greek myth, finds a parallel in a tradition among the Australians. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore Nebulæ can be selected so that an insensible gradation shall take place from a coarse cluster like the Pleiades down to a milky nebulosity like that in Orion, every intermediate step being represented. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works The light that seems to drip from the Pleiades is quivering, misty, romantic, magical. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place Bound by the sweet influences of the Pleiades, Wolcott wrote a poem,—"The Judgment of Paris." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 The statement follows immediately after another to the surprising effect that in the year 2170 B.C. "the Pleiades really commenced the spring by their midnight culmination." The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 View larger image As the Pleiades rise, a beautiful reddish star of the first magnitude rises beneath them. The Children's Book of Stars Two groups of stars especially distinguish Taurus, the Hyades and the Pleiades, and both are exceedingly interesting when viewed with the lowest magnifying powers of our telescopes. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers But the most wonderful stories about the Pleiades are the true stories. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place In the middle of the sixteenth century, Pierre Ronsard, emulous of Greek fame, took to him six other poets more wretched than himself, and made up a second Pleiades for France. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 The Pleiades being then in conjunction with what is now called the first point of Aries, culminated at noon, not at midnight, at the time of the vernal equinox. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 It is called Aldebaran, and it, as well as the Pleiades, forms a part of the constellation of Taurus the bull. The Children's Book of Stars One may derive much pleasure from a study of the various groupings of stars in the Pleiades. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers Callimachus was in fact one of those erudite poets and wise men of letters whom the gay Alexandrians who thronged the court of Ptolemy Philadelphus called "The Pleiades." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 The Pleiades are six or seven small stars quite close together, the majority of which are of the fourth magnitude. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language The Pleiades also, it may be remarked, were scarcely regarded in old times as belonging to the constellation of the Bull, but formed a separate asterism. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 In winter Capella gets high up into the sky, and then there is to be seen below her a little cluster called the Pleiades. The Children's Book of Stars Thus we see Orion and the Pleiades and Sirius in the winter, not in the summer, but the Scorpion and Sagittarius in the summer. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture His face is covered with a cluster of little stars called the Hyades, and on his shoulder are the seven stars, called Pleiades. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Mädler, indeed, propounded the notion that Alcyone—the chief star in the group known as the Pleiades—occupied this centre, and that everything revolved around it. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language There are two allusions to the Pleiades in ‘Paradise Lost.’ The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' With the unaided eye we see comparatively few stars in the Pleiades. The Children's Book of Stars That is, "the Seven Sisters," the Pleiades, are on the shoulder of Taurus. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture One of the oldest of all eye tests is the Pleiades. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts For example, a large number of the stars composing the Pleiades appear to be moving through space in the same direction. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language The Pleiades are situated at a profound distance in space. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The Pleiades are considered to be at a distance of nearly 1500 billions of miles. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In We have no reason to regard the Pleiades as the centre of the universe, or as containing the attracting mass which draws our sun forward in its vast mysterious orbit. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture The community of proper motions detected by Mädler in the vicinity of the Pleiades may accordingly possess a significance altogether different from what he imagined. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition So far as the Records and the Chronicles are concerned, "the only stars mentioned are Venus, the Pleiades, and the Weaver," the last being connected with a Chinese legend, as shown above. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The Sun, now the glorious regent of day, begins his journey in the east, lighting up the horizon with his beams; whilst before him danced the grey dawn, and the Pleiades shedding sweet influences. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Wong has picked up on a problem in the Pleiades sector, and left this morning. Eight Keys to Eden The Pleiades were often associated with the late autumn, as Aratus writes— "Men mark them rising with Sol's setting light, Forerunners of the winter's gloomy night." The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Ramifications from the main trunk ran out towards the Andromeda nebula and the "Bee-hive" cluster in Cancer, involved the Pleiades and Hyades, and, winding round the constellation of Orion, just attained the Sword-handle nebula. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Each pair of stars in the Pleiades makes a small angle, and it is these angles which are the direct object of astronomical measurement. The Story of the Heavens On directing his telescope to the Pleiades, which, to the naked eye, appear as a group of seven stars, he succeeded in counting forty lucid points. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' It strengthens one’s faith to discover the Pleiades over London; it is not true that their delicate glimmer has been put out by the remarkable incandescent energy of our power stations. Waiting for Daylight This is what is technically known as the "acronical rising" of the Pleiades, their rising at sunset; in contrast to their "heliacal rising," their rising just before daybreak, which ushered in the spring time. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Of the 2,326 stars recorded in these pictures, a couple of hundred among the brightest can, at the outside, be reckoned as genuine Pleiades. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition We may take, as an illustration, the case of the group of stars forming the Pleiades, and those which form the Great Bear. The Story of the Heavens The beautiful cluster of the Pleiades or Seven Sisters has been regarded with hallowed veneration from time immemorial. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' The beginning of the year was then fixed by the culminating of the constellation Pleiades, in November. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter Josephus says that during the siege of Jerusalem by Antiochus Epiphanes in 170 b.c., the besieged wanted for water until relieved "by a large shower of rain which fell at the setting of the Pleiades." The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture A splendid photograph of 1,421 stars in the Pleiades, taken by the MM. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The Pleiades form a group so universally known and so easily identified that it hardly seems necessary to give any further specific instructions for their discovery. The Story of the Heavens Where long Pacific surges swell and sweep, When pale-faced stars their silent watches keep, From their far rhythmic spheres, the Pleiades, In calm beatitude and tranquil ease, Smile sweetly down upon its cradled sleep. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure And higher yet—and there flamed the exquisite flower beds of Taurus and Gemini, there burgeoned the riotous wreath of the Crab; there lay the pulsing petals of the Pleiades ... Star Mother When the Holy One, blessed be He! wished to bring the Deluge upon the world, He took two stars out of Pleiades, and thus let the Deluge loose. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Alcyone in the Pleiades presents the same characteristic. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Pursuing in the same figure the line ε and ζ, we are conducted to the remarkable little group known as the Pleiades. The Story of the Heavens It is something to have outwatched Arcturus, and felt "the sweet influences" of the Pleiades. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions In the evening the mother and the Hours and the Pleiades came to weep over her dead son. The Children's Book of Celebrated Pictures Six Pleiades only are usually seen by the naked eye; traditionally seven were seen; but the Rabbis assumed that two, not one, were lost. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture A practical certainty has, at any rate, been gained that whatever aggregation holds the sun as a constituent is of a far looser build than the Pleiades or Præsepe. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Sometimes we have a small group, like the Pleiades; sometimes we have a stupendous region of the heavens strewn over with stars, as in the Milky Way. The Story of the Heavens Thus we can readily understand the reference in Job to the 'sweet influences of the Pleiades.' Myths and Marvels of Astronomy He heard about the "morning stars singing together," the "sweet influences of Pleiades," and the question, "Canst thou bind the sea?" True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin This season being marked by the acronical rising of the Pleiades, that group has become associated with such observances. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture There are Sirius, and Orion, and the glittering Pleiades. Humanity in the City It is this constellation which contains the Pleiades already referred to, and another more scattered group known as the Hyades, which can be discovered near Aldebaran. The Story of the Heavens The Bull then was the spring sign, the Pleiades and ruddy Aldebaran joining their rays with the sun's at the time of the vernal equinox. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy I remember that when Hadassah looked on that cluster of brothers, she said that they were like the Pleiades—they are more like those star-gems now, for they shine not on earth but in heaven! Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History When the constellations were first designed, the Pleiades rose heliacally at the beginning of April, and were the sign of the return of spring. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Occultation of the Pleiades by the Moon 85 27. Astronomy for Amateurs On the ensuing 1st of January the Pleiades will be in the same position as they were on the same date in the previous year, and so on from year to year. The Story of the Heavens Another benighted person, seeing the Pleiades low down through a fog, turned them into a comet, about the same time. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy The second boat from the Pleiades brought the captain, and as he and the lieutenant stood and talked they watched the natives carrying down the cocoa-nuts. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 The Revised Version renders the question— "Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades?" The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture In the Bible we have the Prophet Job, who names Orion, the Pleiades, and the Hyades, 3,300 years ago. Astronomy for Amateurs Taurus rose, with Aldebaran as red as fire; then Castor and Pollux calm in their symmetry, with the Pleiades above like a shattered diamond. In Mesopotamia Straightforth she leaped into the blue vast, and there she hangs, only we call her the Pleiades. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate But I have discovered that, under any stars, There's part o' the sun in an apple; There's part o' the moon in a rose; There's part o' the flaming Pleiades In every leaf that grows. Mushrooms on the Moor On this view, Job is, in effect, asked, "Canst thou gather together the stars in the family of the Pleiades and keep them in their places?" The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture When the Moon passes in front of the Pleiades, and occults them successively, it is hard to believe one's eyes. Astronomy for Amateurs Now the giant's daughters seven, She among them, if you please, Were translated to the heaven As the starry Pleiades! The Book of Humorous Verse In these rooms men from the docks—the flotsam and jetsam of humanity—receive their first glimpse of "Plato and the swing of Pleiades." Old Valentines A Love Story The Pleiades are seven stars making a constellation. Keats: Poems Published in 1820 The Pleiades then would seem to be a most glorious star-system, not yet come to its full growth. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Now go out at night and see how many Pleiades you can count; see Tale 52. Woodland Tales For those sweet stars the Pleiades, That glitter in the twilight trees; O for a lovelorn taper! Songs of Childhood But the still small voice is telling them that, though they have read in a newspaper that there are fifty thousand stars in the Pleiades, they cannot even point to the Pleiades in the sky. Mental Efficiency And Other Hints to Men and Women And since he’s the toughest old martinet this side of the Pleiades, the ‘Black’ part just comes naturally. Unwise Child In the three first cases the word is used in conjunction with Kīmah, "the Pleiades," as shown in the preceding chapter. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Of the familiar constellations of the northern hemisphere, scarcely one was visible, except Orion, and the Pleiades. The Island Home Their peculiar appellation, "The Pleiades," was copied from that of a somewhat similar group of Greek writers, that existed in the time of Ptolemy Philadelphus. Classic French Course in English She could do no more with Samarcand, Or the mountains of a mountain land And its far white house above cottages Like Venus above the Pleiades. Poems Isn't there some spot in the Pleiades which is the centre of the whole solar system? Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story Not far above Orion, on the shoulder of the Bull, is the little cluster of the Pleiades. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture At a later period the number seven was arbitrarily brought into relationship with the Pleiades. The Evolution of the Dragon Three centuries have now elapsed since the date of "The Pleiades." Classic French Course in English Orion and the Pleiades were not made for our fingers to swing, and our engineering does not change sunrise or sunset nor make the planets one whit less or more. Christianity and Progress But in the eternities, Doubtless we shall compare together, hear A million alien Gospels, in what guise He trod the Pleiades, the Lyre, the Bear. A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry In this passage the parallelism seems to be between the seven stars, the Pleiades, with sunrise, and Orion with sunset. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture On a Wednesday morning, then, at twelve minutes past nine EDT, the Pleiades hung poised, high over the Chancellery of Solar System Enterprises, Incorporated. The Galaxy Primes The individual name by which the Pleiades of the sixteenth century may best be remembered is that of Ronsard the poet, associated with the romantic and pathetic memory of Mary, Queen of Scots. Classic French Course in English Gone the Pleiades and moon, Lo! of night it is the noon! The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 No one pretends that ingratitude may, in any past abyss of time, have been a virtue, or that it may be such now in Arcturus or the Pleiades. On the Genesis of Species The Hebrews always coupled Orion with the Pleiades; the Babylonians coupled Orion with Cetus—that is, Merodach with Tiamat. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture You see, the Pleiades really works, and the Galaxians own her; lock, stock, and barrel. The Galaxy Primes A knowledge on the part of the reader of Ursa Major, or "the Dipper" as it is commonly called, and "the Pleiades," the well-known group in Taurus, is presupposed by the author. A Field Book of the Stars Nearly everybody can see the six stars of the Pleiades, and good eyesight can make out seven. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies Bind if thou canst, the breath And balmy influence of the Pleiades. Man of Uz, and Other Poems The Hunter Orion, according to the Greeks, chased the Pleiades—the little company of Seven Virgins, or Seven Doves—and he was confronted by the Bull. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture I'm making one unjustifiable assumption—that the Pleiades is the first intergalactic starship. The Galaxy Primes Location.—Taurus contains the well-known and unmistakable group the Pleiades, on the right shoulder of the Bull. A Field Book of the Stars V. Pleiades.—From the habit of the flowers belonging to this order to get into bright local clusters. Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers Who hath bound the cluster of the Pleiades? The Coming of the King North-American Indians and Australian savages have equally noted the flashing brilliancy of Orion, and the compact little swarm of the Pleiades. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture He went through the motions and the Pleiades did sit right there—which was exactly what he had told her to do. The Galaxy Primes A "V" shaped group known as the Hyades is just to the southeast of the Pleiades, in the face of the Bull, forming one of the most beautiful objects in the sky. A Field Book of the Stars On reaching the tail of Taurus and the constellation of the Pleiades, from which the front half of Taurus projects, he advances into a space greater than half the firmament, moving toward the north. The Ten Books on Architecture The sky was growing lighter, and the constellation of the Pleiades was beginning to fade in the sky above the outline of the distant trees. The Great War As I Saw It There is one cluster in the sky, and one alone, which appeals to the unaided sight as being distinctly and unmistakably a family of stars—the Pleiades. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture It was three days before Garlock and Belle 'ported themselves up into the Pleiades and the starship displaced itself instantaneously to Margonia. The Galaxy Primes The Eskimos regard the Pleiades as a team of dogs in pursuit of a bear. A Field Book of the Stars From Taurus he enters Gemini at the time of the rising of the Pleiades, and, getting higher above the earth, he increases the length of the days. The Ten Books on Architecture This force is Spirit,that can "bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades," and 12"loose the bands of Orion."There is no material science, if by that term you meanmaterial intelligence. Rudimental Divine Science Whatever uncertainty was felt as to the meaning of kīmah by the early translators, it is not now seriously disputed that the Pleiades is the group of stars in question. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Garlock then tried to get in touch with the Arpalone Inspector who had checked the Pleiades in, and could not find out even who it had been. The Galaxy Primes Aside from a knowledge of "the Dipper" and "the Pleiades," the constellations to the vast majority, are utterly unknown. A Field Book of the Stars When the sun has entered Scorpio, at the time of the setting of the Pleiades, he begins to make the days shorter as he advances toward the south. The Ten Books on Architecture Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? A Hero and Some Other Folks The word kīmah means, as we have seen, "cluster" or "heap," so also the word Pleiades, which we use to-day, is probably derived from the Greek Pleiones, "many." The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Down the Pleiades went, into the air of the nation known as the "Allied Republican Democracies of the World," and an atomic-warheaded rocket came flaming up. The Galaxy Primes Taurus 96 Contains the celebrated and unmistakable group, The Pleiades, to be seen almost overhead in the early evening during the Winter months. A Field Book of the Stars Canst thou bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades, Or loosen the bands of Orion? Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Before the colure of the Vernal Equinox had passed into Aries, and after it had left Aldebarán and the Hyades, the Pleiades were, for seven or eight centuries, the leading stars of the Sabæan year. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry These seven small stellar discs are almost invariably arranged in the form :::' or :::· much as we should now-a-days plot the cluster of the Pleiades when mapping on a small scale the constellations round the Bull. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Another man appeared, and for twenty minutes the Pleiades darted about the continent. The Galaxy Primes Those wishing a scientific explanation of these phenomena must consult the Pasadena Electric Lighting Company, except as to the stray Pleiades, which seem to have some connection with the lights of the Raymond Hotel. A Truthful Woman in Southern California Canst thou bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion? Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity The Pleiades were so named from a Greek word signifying to sail. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry It is most probable that they signify the Pleiades, or perhaps alternatively the Hyades. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture "We go," they said, as soon as the Pleiades was empty of pressmen, and they took James and Lola along. The Galaxy Primes And there are the Pleiades close by; with feminine curiosity they have come as near as they dared, to see what it is all about. A Truthful Woman in Southern California Oh, how I yearn to see the friends united, even as a shining strand of pearls, as the brilliant Pleiades, as the rays of the sun, the gazelles of one meadow! Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era The Pleiades were sometimes called Vergiliœ, or the Virgins of Spring; because the Sun entered this cluster of stars in the season of blossoms. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The Rabbis are said to have rendered this by the "booths of the Maidens," or the "tents of the Daughters,"—the Pleiades being the maidens in question. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture Aboard the Pleiades, the next few days passed quietly enough. The Galaxy Primes Here are a few of the lines that will never die: Many a night I saw the Pleiades, rising through the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fireflies tangled in a silver braid. Modern English Books of Power On the scanner screen Strong saw the trails of two space torpedoes erupt from the side of the Pleiades, followed immediately by two more from its flanking ship, the Regulus. The Revolt on Venus The Hyades are five stars in the form of a V, 11° southeast of the Pleiades. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The Pleiades are to the Eskimos a team of dogs pursuing a solitary polar bear. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club Brownie was willing the Pleiades to this planet so hard that we all could taste it. The Galaxy Primes For this tiny creature could now seal the stars and bind the Pleiades and sound each deep abyss that held a sun. The Age of the Reformation "Closing to fifty thousand yards—forty thousand—" "Pleiades and Regulus," Strong called the other two ships of his squadron. The Revolt on Venus Orion, ran the legend, persecuted the Pleiades; and to save them from his fury, Jupiter placed them in the Heavens, where he still pursues them, but in vain. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Canst thou the skies' benevolence restrain, And cause the Pleiades to shine in vain? The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 I want it on record that we, the personnel of the starship Pleiades, are not subject to the verbal orders of the Chancellor's secretary. The Galaxy Primes There were hills in the distance and the air from them was in the key of the Pleiades. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) The stars were myriad, but sky-marks shone out; the Bear, the Belt, the Chair, the dancing sister Pleiades. Lore of Proserpine Fomalhaut was half-way to the meridian in the Southwest; and to the Northwest were the brilliant constellations, Perseus, Cepheus, Cassiopeia, and Andromeda; while the Pleiades had just passed the meridian. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry When the Pleiades begin to rise in the early evening, the leaves are turning colour, and the seed vessels of the flowers take the place of the petals. Nature Near London Entlore fell silent and Garlock watched his somber thoughts picture Margon Base and his nation's capital being attacked and destroyed by a fleet of invincible and invulnerable starships like this Pleiades. The Galaxy Primes Only his eyes were actual, and the blue hills far away, and the wind from them in the key of the Pleiades. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) Between them, just over the eastern rim of the world, appear the Pleiades, their "sweet influences" in keeping with the season. Some Summer Days in Iowa The regular returns of the stars, the comings of Arcturus, Orion, Sirius, the Pleiades, and Aldebaran, and the journeyings of the Sun, were voluntary and not mechanical to them. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Sirius and the Pleiades look down from above. Among Famous Books The Pleiades was crowded, and Garlock and Belle were not giving to any of them the deference and consideration and submissive respect which each considered his unique due. The Galaxy Primes The Pleiades weary and follow The dance of the ghostly dawn; The revel of silence is over; Earth's lyric comes on. More Songs From Vagabondia Then another appeared close under her, and like a frightened fish she swerved sharply and was lost to view among the Pleiades. Leaves from a Field Note-Book Their number corresponds with that of the Pleiades and Hyades in Taurus, among which Stars the Sun was found when Light began to prevail over Darkness, and the Mysteries were held. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry A fiery orange satellite which hovered for hours turned out to be the North Star viewed through a cheap telescope, and the "whole formation of space ships" were the Pleiades. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects Around and around and around the ruined world the Pleiades went; recording, observing, charting. The Galaxy Primes The spot was delightful: the trees intertwined; you would have said that the earth was bedecked with glass spangles, and that the knot of the Pleiades was suspended from the branch of the vine. Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers He appeared to be acquainted with several of the constellations, and gave names for the Pleiades, Scorpion, Great Bear, and Orion's Belt. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants Place reciprocally the Sun at the other equinox, with the balance in the West, in conjunction with the Serpent under the Crown; and we shall see the Bull and the Pleiades rise in the East. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry To begin with, there are the Pleiades, showing to the naked eye only six or seven stars. Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. The edge of that devouring flood had almost reached the foot-hills, and over that gnawing, dissolving edge the Pleiades paused. The Galaxy Primes The Pleiades and Orion's Belt hung brilliantly; the Great Bear was close to the horizon. Four Weird Tales The rains are expected here when the Pleiades appear in the east soon after sunset; they go by the same name here as further south—Lemila or the "hoeings." The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 It was the day of the full moon, of the month Boëdromion; when the moon was full at the end of the sign Aries, near the Pleiades and the place of her exaltation in Taurus. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry In the telescope the Pleiades appear as shown in Plate 3. Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. Then the Pleiades went back, over the place where the city had been and on to what had once been an ocean beach. The Galaxy Primes But there arises a dispute for the possession of the child between Fire, Ganges, and the Pleiades. Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria The Pleiades, under the name of Succoth-Beneth, were worshipped by the Babylonian colonists who settled in the country of the Samaritans. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The New Zealanders were found to begin their year from the reappearance of the Pleiades above the sea. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library You may inform the Chancellor, or not inform him if you prefer, that our control of the starship Pleiades is something less than perfect. The Galaxy Primes But now it is the turn of Ganges to be distressed, until at dawn the six Pleiades come to bathe in the river. Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works In Greece the Pleiades were the ghosts of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and in Australia they were and are a queen and six handmaidens. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria The Pleiades were the Stars of the ocean to the benighted mariner; the Virgins of Spring, heralding the season of blossoms. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The first month is that in which the Pleiades appear, which they call Ulalen. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 05 of 55 1582-1583 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century Thus, the fact is that the Pleiades, as far as we know, is the only starship in the whole galaxy. The Galaxy Primes His voluptuous nature is at once changeable and precise; and his dreams are as clear and delicate as the art of a poet of the Pleiades in the sixteenth century, or of a Japanese painter. Musicians of To-Day The wives of the seven Rishis were the stars of the Pleiades. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Arcturus, one of his Stars, fiery red, as if fervent and zealous, is also connected by Job with the Pleiades and Orion. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Slave of the wheel of labour, what to him Are Plato and the swing of Pleiades? Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library Delcamp had learned much, the previous day; his own performance with the Pleiades had humbled him markedly. The Galaxy Primes The Tarahumares are careful observers of the celestial bodies, and know the Pleiades, the Belt of Orion, and the Morning and the Evening Star. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Biblical references to the stars make mention of well-known Babylonian constellations: Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Myths of Babylonia and Assyria "Canst thou," asks Job, "bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades or loose the bands of Orion?" Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry There hung Orion, there the Pleiades, there those mists of starlight which tell us of space and time of which we cannot conceive. What Necessity Knows Arrange your affairs so that on ten minutes' notice you both can leave Lizoria for Tellus aboard our starship, the Pleiades. The Galaxy Primes The Pleiades are women, and the women of this world are their sisters. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan The stars of the Pleiades have, from the earliest times, attracted the special notice of observers, whether savage or civilized. Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 "Seven Stars" the familiar name of the Pleiades, connected with Orion, 489-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Here they would sit like bumps on a log until midnight, and then, when the constellation which we call the Pleiades came exactly overhead, the danger was over. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated So Belle and I will have to lose our Pleiades for a while. The Galaxy Primes The Pleiades form a group containing six or seven stars visible to the ordinary eye, though persons endowed with exceptionally good vision can usually see a few more. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Hence, of all the stars in the Pleiades these are the most likely to have a measurable annual parallax. Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 Seven, the number of the Master's Degree, from the Pleiades, 487-u. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry There is nothing malign in the sweet influences of the Pleiades. Among the Forces And Belle's feet did hurt when she got back to the Pleiades, but of course she would not admit the fact—most especially not to Garlock. The Galaxy Primes The thousands of nebul� and clusters would be absolutely unaltered; in fact, the total extinction of the sun would be hardly remarked in the newspapers published in the Pleiades or in Orion. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky It has been known for some time that the stars of the Pleiades possess a small identical proper motion. Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 East of this are the Pleiades, and the V-shaped Hyades in Taurus, or the Bull. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work Jack saw, through the opening in the forest roof above the trail, Orion and the Pleiades looking down at them, as beautiful as ever, and now he could hear the brook singing merrily. In the Days of Poor Richard James shot the Pleiades up to within a thousand miles or so of the moon. The Galaxy Primes In an opera-glass the Pleiades becomes a beautiful spectacle, though in a large telescope the stars appear too far apart to make a really effective cluster. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Thus the parallax of the two stars which we suspect to lie between us and the stars forming the genuine group of the Pleiades, at perhaps two-thirds of their distance, can hardly exceed 0.03'. Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 The Pleiades rise about 9 o'clock on the evening of the 10th of September, and at 3 o'clock A.M. on June 10th. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work You shall begin your harvesting— When the House-carrier shuns the Pleiades, And climbs the stalks to get a little ease. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary The Pleiades had landed at ten o'clock in the forenoon, local time; the banquet did not come to an end until long after midnight. The Galaxy Primes When Mr. Roberts took a photograph of the Pleiades he placed a highly sensitive plate in his telescope, and on that plate the Pleiades engraved their picture with their own light. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Obviously, the order and method of such movements as are just beginning to develop to our apprehension among the Pleiades will not prove easy to divine.—A.M. Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 The ecliptic passes between Aldebaran and the Pleiades. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work The Pleiades, however, don't set till November, and before that there is October to be considered, the season of the rains. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary As the Pleiades landed: "If you will give us your focus spot, Mr. Entlore, we can all 'port to your office and save calling staff cars." The Galaxy Primes The bands of Orion are not loosed, nor the sweet influences of the Pleiades unbound. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 How they deny us that the centre of the systems is immeasurably off there in Pleiades! The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making Align from Capella to the Pleiades, and as much farther, and four stars will be seen, situated thus: * * * * The right-hand one is Mira. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work The House-carrier is the snail, of course; and he shuns the heat of the ground, not the Pleiades. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary James 'ported his slip up into the Pleiades, just as Garlock and Belle had done with theirs, and disappeared with it as they had; reappearing almost instantly. The Galaxy Primes It was an irresistible temptation to ask him: 'Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Prose Fancies The diffuse nebulous matter streaming round the Pleiades might possibly be another instance, though the character of its spectrum had not yet been ascertained. Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Allusion has been made to the Hyades, Pleiades, etc. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work Nevertheless, Grecian romance and Dyak lore alike relegate the influence of the Pleiades to the sea. The Wings of the Morning Then, for three hours, the Pleiades moved slowly—for her—along a plotted and automatically-controlled course. The Galaxy Primes Lo, the leap of the wild Horse in darkness when the Pleiades were dead; A mailed multitude, a Lion unfed, Which leapt the tower and lapt the blood of Kings! The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes This fable about the Pleiades, the seven Sisters, Atlas, and Hercules exists identical in subject, though under other names, in the sacred Hindu books, and has likewise the same occult meaning. Five Years of Theosophy A large proportion of the brighter stars between Aldebaran and the Pleiades have a common motion eastward of about ten seconds a century. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work Resplendent amidst the throng rose the Pleiades, the mythological seven hailed by the Greeks as an augury of safe navigation. The Wings of the Morning The planning of the starship Pleiades had been difficult in the extreme; its construction almost impossible. The Galaxy Primes In the first place, Amos saw, as we must see, that the God who made the Pleiades and Orion must be the God of order. New Tabernacle Sermons Let us begin with that well-known group the Pleiades. Custom and Myth And the Pleiades, Arcturus, and Orion are some of the names used by Him who "calleth all the stars by their names, in the greatness of his power." Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work Night after night the Pleiades swung higher in the firmament; day after day the sailor perfected his defences and anxiously scanned the ocean for sign of friendly smoke or hostile sail. The Wings of the Morning As the Pleiades neared completion, however, it became clearer and clearer that the displacement-control presented an unsolved, and quite possibly an insoluble, problem. The Galaxy Primes If God can take care of the seven worlds of the Pleiades and the four chief worlds of Orion, He can probably take care of the one world we inhabit. New Tabernacle Sermons Why is a group of stars called the Bear, or the Swan, or the Twins, or named after the Pleiades, the fair daughters of the Giant Atlas? Custom and Myth Orion and the Pleiades, our familiar friends in the winter heavens, are gone from the summer sky. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work Orion girds him with a flame; And, king-like, from the eastward seas, Comes Aldebaran, with his train Of Hyades and Pleiades. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 "So now it's up to you, Clee, as Director of Project Gunther and captain of the good ship Pleiades, to boss the more-or-less simple—more, I hope—job of getting us back to Tellus." The Galaxy Primes Surely, a changeless God must have fashioned the Pleiades and Orion! New Tabernacle Sermons For instance, when the Australians tell a myth about the Pleiades very like the Greek myth of the Pleiades, we must ask a number of questions. Custom and Myth Orion and the Pleiades moved over his head, the dear moon was opposite. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times The Pleiades, Orion, and the Southern Cross, blazing down with inconceivable brilliance, were caught and held captive in the cup of this nearer sky. Romance Island Thus the starship Pleiades had cost the Galaxian Society almost a thousand million credits. The Galaxy Primes But two rosettes of stars especially attracted his attention while seated on the ground, or lying on his back under the open scroll of the midnight heavens—the Pleiades, or Seven Stars, and Orion. New Tabernacle Sermons The little eyes of the people of Tupia were very strange to behold: full of stars, that shone from within, like the Pleiades, deep- bosomed in blue. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Another illusion gone," I observed "Think of Manchester cotton in the Pleiades! A Trip to Venus A Danish tale of cooperation, Pleiades, is found in Lansing's Fairy Tales. A Study of Fairy Tales Wherefore he flagged down a "taxi" and was taken out to the Pleiades. The Galaxy Primes As the Pleiades were the sweet evangels of the spring, Orion was the warning prophet of the winter. New Tabernacle Sermons It also names the six summer months, the Pleiades, and the trees of plenty planted in Paliuli. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Ye can't see the Pleiades now—they belong to the winter nights; but you kin see the Dipper the hull year round, turning about the North Star. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Those stars are called not only Pleiades, but Vergiliæ, from a word mingling the ideas of the turning or returning of springtime with the outpouring of rain. The Queen of the Air Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm The landing pad—bottom—of the Pleiades is flat; sixty feet wide by one hundred twenty feet long. The Galaxy Primes The sermon that I am now preaching believes in a God of loving, kindly warning, the God of spring and winter, the God of the Pleiades and Orion. New Tabernacle Sermons The existence of these mountebanks was as an existence of lepers in a leper-house, and of the blessed in one of the Pleiades. The Man Who Laughs Know thyself, was the first command of reason; and wisdom was an ancient thing when the sweet influences of the Pleiades and the path of Arcturus with his sons were young in human thought. Heart of Man High overhead, in a sky which was almost black, sparkled the bright constellations of Orion and the Pleiades—the celestial clocks which marked the long, weary hours between sunrise and sunset. Tent Life in Siberia From the Pleiades they went to the Administration Building, where an informal reception was held. The Galaxy Primes The Pleiades, or Seven Stars, connected with all sweetness and joy; Orion, the herald of the tempest. New Tabernacle Sermons This force is Spirit, that can "bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades," and "loose the bands of Orion." Rudimental Divine Science A youth of the Mohawks loved a maid, and they sat by the lake at night, counting the Dancers in the sky--which we call stars of the Pleiades. The Maid-At-Arms The Pleiades were low down in the west, the great constellation of Orion had begun to sink, and a faint aurora was streaming up over the tree-tops north of the village. Tent Life in Siberia Thus, when the Pleiades landed beside the now seething Celestial Queen, Garlock found James with feet on desk, hands in pockets, and scanner on head; doing—apparently—nothing at all. The Galaxy Primes The Pleiades rising in mid-sky said to all the herdsmen and shepherds and husbandmen: "Come out and enjoy the mild weather, and cultivate your gardens and fields." New Tabernacle Sermons The atmosphere was so pure that I looked for the Pleiades, to count them; they had not risen. Who Goes There? These are the things to be done during the third season between the rising of the Pleiades and the summer solstice. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro It gives a touching sense of human sympathy, to find that we may look at Orion and the Pleiades through the grave eyes of a Puritan divine. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 Lola and James moved a few personal belongings planetside; Garlock and Belle shot the Pleiades across a vast gulf of space to one of the planets they had scanned so fleetingly on their preliminary survey. The Galaxy Primes For those sweet stars the Pleiades, That glitter in the darkling trees; O for a lovelorn taper! Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume II. Though rank and fierce the mariner Sailing the seven seas, He prays, as he holds his glass to his eyes, Coaxing the Pleiades. The Book of American Negro Poetry These are the things to be done during the second season between the vernal equinox and the rising of the Pleiades. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro We know them as the Pleiades, but the black fellows call them the Meamei. Primitive Love and Love-Stories They leveled off a thousand feet below the Pleiades and made a flying circle. The Galaxy Primes Aries droops towards the west; the Bull follows with the red Aldebaran, and the Pleiades. Hodge and His Masters Had he forgotten "the sweet influences of Pleiades"? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 The best time to plant beans is at the setting of the Pleiades, but gather the grapes and make the vintage between the equinox and the setting of the Pleiades. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro Canst thou," demands the divine Interlocutor in the Book of Job— "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Poetry |
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