by ceelias » Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:33 am
This may be of interest to some. Note that this is qouted from a different era.
From "The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore" published in `1929 by Ernest Thompson Seton:
"PLEIADES AS A TEST OF EYESIGHT
This star group has always been considered a good test of eyesight.
I once asked a group of boys in camp how many of the Pleiades they could count with the naked eye. A noisy, forward boy, who was nicknamed "Bluejay", because he was so fond of chattering and showing off, said "Oh, I see hundreds."
"Well, you can sit down,: I said, "for you can do nothing of the kind."
Another steadier boy said" I believe I see six," and he proved that he did see tem, for he mapped them out properly on a board with six pebbles.
That boy had good eyes, because poor eyes see merely a haze, but another boy present had better eyes, for he saw, and proved that he saw, seven. This is considered first class. The Indians as a rule see seven, because they call them the Seven Stars. But according to Flammarion, it is possible to exceed this, for several persons have given proof that they distinguished ten Pleiades. This is almost the extreme of human eyesight. There is however, according to the same authority, a record of thirteen Pleiades having been actually seen by the unaided human eye."
This may be of interest to some. Note that this is qouted from a different era.
From "The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore" published in `1929 by Ernest Thompson Seton:
[i][color=#4000FF]"PLEIADES AS A TEST OF EYESIGHT
This star group has always been considered a good test of eyesight.
I once asked a group of boys in camp how many of the Pleiades they could count with the naked eye. A noisy, forward boy, who was nicknamed "Bluejay", because he was so fond of chattering and showing off, said "Oh, I see hundreds."
"Well, you can sit down,: I said, "for you can do nothing of the kind."
Another steadier boy said" I believe I see six," and he proved that he did see tem, for he mapped them out properly on a board with six pebbles.
That boy had good eyes, because poor eyes see merely a haze, but another boy present had better eyes, for he saw, and proved that he saw, seven. This is considered first class. The Indians as a rule see seven, because they call them the Seven Stars. But according to Flammarion, it is possible to exceed this, for several persons have given proof that they distinguished ten Pleiades. This is almost the extreme of human eyesight. There is however, according to the same authority, a record of thirteen Pleiades having been actually seen by the unaided human eye."[/color][/i]