Hevelius
Americannoun
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Johannes Johann Hewel or Hewelke, 1611–87, Polish astronomer: charted the moon's surface and discovered four comets.
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a walled plain in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 miles (160 km) in diameter.
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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
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
In a correspondence beginning in 1668, Hooke implored him to switch to telescopic sights, but Hevelius stubbornly refused, claiming that he could do just as well with open sights.
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
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