William Tyler Olcott

Name: Star Lore Of All Ages — Cassiopeia, the Lady in the Chair
Author: William Tyler Olcott

Star Lore Of All Ages — Cassiopeia… (1911)

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“Star Lore Of All Ages — Cassiopeia, the Lady in the Chair”, published in 1911, is a work by William Tyler Olcott. It explores elements such as Cassiopeia, stars and constellation.

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William Tyler Olcott, Star Lore Of All Ages — Cassiopeia… (1911)

“ Burritt thus describes the changes in colour observed in Tycho's star: "At first appearance it was of a dazzling white, then of a reddish yellow, and lastly of an ashy paleness in which its light expired." "It is impossible," says Mrs. Somerville, "to imagine anything more tremendous than a conflagration that could be visible at such a distance." The collision theory seems the best one to account for such phenomena, but the imagination and senses alike fail in any attempt at a realisation of the heat generated by the impact, or the magnitude of the ensuing conflagration. ”

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William Tyler Olcott, Star Lore Of All Ages — Cassiopeia… (1911)

“ She head foremost like a tumbler sits.
The Arabs called Cassiopeia "the Lady in the Chair," but curiously enough the early Arabs had in this place a very different figure in no way connected with the figure known to us. They called this star group "the large hand stained with henna" or "the tinted hand," the bright stars marking the finger tips. They also made out of the constellations Cepheus and Cassiopeia, two dogs, and some times referred to Cassiopeia as "the kneeling camel." ”

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William Tyler Olcott, Star Lore Of All Ages — Cassiopeia… (1911)

“ As to those stars which suddenly shine forth with a very vivid light, and then immediately disappear, it is extremely probable that great conflagrations, produced by extraordinary causes, take place on their surface. ”

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William Tyler Olcott, Star Lore Of All Ages — Cassiopeia… (1911)

“ Alpha Cassiopeiæ was known to the Arabs as "Schedar" or "Schedir," meaning "the Breast." Burritt tells us that Schedir is from "El Seder," the "Seder tree," a name given to the constellation by Ulugh Beg. Schedir was discovered to be a variable star by Birt in 1831. It culminates at 9 p.m. Nov 18th.
Beta Cassiopeiæ, or "Caph" an Arab title meaning "the Hand," was also known to the Arabs as "the Camel's Hump." It is one of the so-called "Three Guides," three stars that mark the equinoctial colure, one of the great circles passing through the poles of the heavens. ”

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William Tyler Olcott, Star Lore Of All Ages — Cassiopeia… (1911)

“ She was placed, so the legend runs, in this cruel position in the heavens by her enemies the sea nymphs, as she had boasted that her beauty surpassed theirs. Desiring to teach her humility they imposed this punishment. ”

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William Tyler Olcott, Star Lore Of All Ages — Cassiopeia… (1911)

“ Good thus refers to temporary stars: "Worlds and systems of worlds are not only perpetually creating, but also perpetually disappearing. It is an extraordinary fact, that within the period of the last century, not less than thirteen stars, in different constellations, seem to have totally perished and ten new ones to have been created. ”

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William Tyler Olcott, Star Lore Of All Ages — Cassiopeia… (1911)

“ In many instances it is unquestionable that the stars themselves, the supposed habitation of other kinds or orders of intelligent beings, together with the different planets by which it is probable they were surrounded, have utterly vanished, and the spots which they occupied in the heavens have become blanks. ”

William Tyler Olcott

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