Cassiopeia
or CASSIEΡΕΙΑ, (1) the wife of Cepheus, King of Æthiopia, and mother of Andromeda. (2) "The Lady in her Chair," one of the northern circumpolar constellations included in Ptolemy's original 48. The figure is that of a woman seated in a chair and turning backward round the pole of the heavens. The constellation is bounded by Cepheus, Camelopardalis, Perseus, Andromeda, and Lacerta. It is in this con- Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y. He stellation that the Nova (Lat. "new") entered the service of the Pennsylvania of 1572, or Tycho Brahe's wonderful railroad in 1861 in the capacity of surveyor and worked his way up through the various branches of the service until in June, 1899, he became president of the system. He was a successful executive, and had many interests in banks, trust companies, and large corporations.
It was chiefly due to his vision and enstar, burst forth in November of that year.