Hevelius

American  

[huh-vey-lee-uhs, hey-vey-lee-oos] / həˈveɪ li əs, heɪˈveɪ liˌʊs /

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.

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Hevelius British  

/ heˈveːliʊs /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

The other is a much more detailed illustration published in a 1647 book by Johannes Hevelius.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2017

The visitor was Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, who had come north on the British liner Hevelius for the U.S.'s centennial exposition.

From Time Magazine Archive

So, in the spring of 1679, Halley set out to see if the incredible claims for accuracy that Hevelius, now aged 68, was making could be justified.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

The truth is that Hevelius was simply too set in his ways to change and distrusted the new-fangled methods.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

When Hevelius wrote to Flamsteed at the end of 1678 asking to see Halley’s data, the Royal Society saw an opportunity to check up on Hevelius’s claims.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin