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F.R.A.S.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.


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F.R.A.S., tries to figure out where to land on the moon.

From Time Magazine Archive

In this matter the writer is under great obligations to his friend and assistant, Mr. James Cook, F.R.A.S., who gave him his first lessons in lens-making some twenty years ago.

From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard

At about the time of the observation reported by the captain of the Victoria, the Rev. F. Hawlett, F.R.A.S., was in Adalia.

From The Book of the Damned by Fort, Charles

F.R.A.S., has an original seal with a head of Sir William Herschel, which is shown on the title-page of this work.

From Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works by Holden, Edward Singleton

Translated and edited, with the author's sanction, by Benjamin Loewy, F.R.A.S., with a preface, by G.C.

From Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught by Rose, Joshua