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Sirius

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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he brightest star in the heavens, one of the stars of the Southern constellation of Canis Major; is calculated to have a bulk three times that of the sun, and to give 70 times as much light. See Dog-Days .

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Sirius'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/sirius.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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