Leverrier
Americannoun
noun
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In desperation a French astronomer named Leverrier decided that the rest of the shift must be due to an unseen planet even closer to the sun than Mercury.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first recommended sign for Neptune was a crossbarred L with a planet suspended for Leverrier.
From Time Magazine Archive
Western journalists usually knock in vain at that door with its peephole at 2 Rue Leverrier, a short walk from the house where Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein used to hold court.
From Time Magazine Archive
He and Leverrier announced the discovery, were given banquets and medals for their find.
From Time Magazine Archive
For this reason, Leverrier pronounced, in 1867, the Perseid to be of older formation than the Leonid system.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
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