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Fracastorius

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[frah-ka-stawr-ee-uhs, -stohr-] / ˌfrɑ kæˈstɔr i əs, -ˈstoʊr- /

noun

  1. a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.


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Fracastorius died in the     same year, and Ramusio erected a statue of him at Padua.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

It lies, however, ten degrees nearer the equator than Fracastorius.

From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Serviss, Garrett Putman

Fracastorius beautifully illustrates this in his “Naugerius, sive De Poeticâ Dialogus.”

From Spare Hours by Brown, John

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

Alfraganus is the centre of a system of light streaks radiating in all directions, one ray extending through Cyrillus to Fracastorius.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn

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