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Pole-Star

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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star in the northern hemisphere, in Ursa Minor, the nearest conspicuous one to the N. pole of the heavens, from which it is at present 1½° distant; a straight line joining the two "pointers" in Ursa Major passes nearly through it.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pole-Star'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/pole-star.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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