ERIDANUS

, the River, a constellation of the southern hemisphere, and one of the 48 old asterisms. The stars in this constellation, in Ptolomy's catalogue, are 34, in Tycho's 19, and in the British catalogue 84.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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EQUILIBRIUM
EQUIMULTIPLES
EQUINOCTIAL
EQUINOXES
EQUULEUS
* ERIDANUS
ERRATIC
ESCALADE
ESPAULE
FSPLANADE
EVAPORATION