Hevelius

[ huh-vey-lee-uhs; German hey-vey-lee-oos ]

noun

1. Johannes Johann Hewel or Hewelke, 1611–87, Polish astronomer: charted the moon's surface and discovered four comets.
2. a walled plain in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 miles (160 km) in diameter.

Hevelius

/ heˈveːliʊs /

noun

1. HeveliusJohannes16111687MGermanSCIENCE: astronomer Johannes (joˈhanəs). 1611–87, German astronomer, who published one of the first detailed maps of the lunar surface

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Hevelius relates that during the four years between October 1672 and December 1676, Mira did not show herself at all!

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Ptolemy catalogued 10 stars in this constellation; Tycho Brahe 11 and Hevelius 17.

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Hevelius had introduced the vernier and tangent screw in his measurement of arc graduations.

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Hevelius made numerous researches on comets, and suggested that the form of their paths might be a parabola.

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This work, after having passed through several hands, became the property of Hevelius, who was capable of appreciating its merits.

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