E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Hercules (3 syl.),
in astronomy, a large northern constellation.
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“Those stars in the neighbourhood of Hercules are mostly found to be approaching the earth, and those which lie in the opposite direction to be receding from it.”—Newcomb: Popular Astronomy, part iv. chap. i. p. 458.
