CENTAUR

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 8

One of the forty eight ancient constellations formed by Ptolemy, situated 'ru^^^°"*^'^®™ hemisphere, and under the tail of Hydra.' Ihe Centaur is represented as half man, half horse; the "^^PxP.^*"* ""'y °^ *^^ ^^"''^ ^s visible above our horizon. [s. 218]