Fracastorius
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POLYBIUS.—A ring-plain, about 17 miles in diameter, in the hilly region S.E. of Fracastorius.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
BEAUMONT.—A ring-plain about 30 miles in diameter, on the S.E. side of the Mare Nectaris, midway between Theophilus and Fracastorius, with the N.E. side of which it is connected by a chain of large depressions.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
Do we believe that Erasmus and Fracastorius wrote Latin as well as Dr. Robertson and Sir Walter Scott wrote English?
From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
What Fracastorius did for syphilis, Caius did for the sweating sickness, and Mercado for petechial typhus.
From Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 by Allbutt, Sir Thomas Clifford
An especially fine cleft originates on the E. side of this crater, which, following an undulating course over the Mare Nectaris, terminates at Rosse, N. of Fracastorius.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
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