F.R.A.S.
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F.R.A.S., tries to figure out where to land on the moon.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Maw, F.R.A.S., has seen, with a 6 inch Cooke refractor, a bright marking at the N. extremity of the ring, which, when examined with a Dawes' eyepiece, resembled an imperfect crater.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
Chambers, F.R.A.S., author of "Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy," etc.
From Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries by Serviss, Garrett Putman
Noble, F.R.A.S., aptly compares two of the crossed clefts to a pair of scissors, the craters at which they terminate representing the oval handles.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
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
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