ARGETENAR

, a star of the fourth magnitude, in the flexure of the constellation Eridanus.

ARGO NAVIS, or the ship, is a constellation of fixed stars, in the southern hemisphere, being one of the 48 old constellations. The number of stars in this constellation, are, in Ptolemy's catalogue 45, in Tycho Brahe's 11, in Flamsteed's 64.

The Greeks tell us, that this was the famous ship in which the Argonauts performed that celebrated expedition, which has been so famous in all their history.

· ·

A B C D E F G H K L M N O P Q R S T W X Y Z A B C E G L M N

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

This text has been generated using commercial OCR software, and there are still many problems; it is slowly getting better over time. Please don't reuse the content (e.g. do not post to wikipedia) without asking liam at holoweb dot net first (mention the colour of your socks in the mail), because I am still working on fixing errors. Thanks!