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DRACO (" the Dragon ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 464 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DRACO (" the See also:
DRAGON (Fr. dragon, through Lat. draco, from the Greek; connected with SEpeoµay " see," and interpreted as " sharp-sighted "; O.H. Ger. tracho, dracho, M.H.G. trache, Mod. Ger. Drachen; A.S. draca, hence the equivalent English form " drake," " fire-drake,
Dragon ") , in See also:

ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, a See also:

CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded with stars; co'n, with, and Stella, a star)

constellation of the See also:

NORTHERN

northern hemisphere, mentioned by See also:

EUDOXUS

Eudoxus (4th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C.) and See also:

ARATUS

Aratus (3rd century B.e.); it was catalogued by See also:

PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy, 31 stars, Tycho See also:

Brahe, 32, See also:

HEVELIUS [HEVEL or H6WELCKE], JOHANN (1611—1687)

Hevelius, 40. The Greeks had many fables concerning this constellation; one is that when Heracles killed the dragon guarding the Hesperian See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit See also:

HERA

Hera transferred the creature to See also:

HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven as a See also:

REWARD

reward for its services. The planetary nebula H. IV. 37 Draconis is of a decided See also:

PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale See also:

BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, and one of the most conspicuous See also:

OBJECTS

objects of its class.

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