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Letronne

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[li-trohn] / lɪˈtroʊn /

noun

  1. a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (100 km) in diameter.


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Dessin� par Letronne, et grav� par Hoefel, 1814.

From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton

Monsieur Letronne conjectures that he only imitated the plan, which is attributed to Periander, of having designed to cut through the isthmus of Corinth.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various

Vincent assigns the composition of the Periplus to the reign of Claudius or Nero, and Dodwell to that of M. Aurelius, but Letronne more judiciously ascribes it to the period of Severus and Caracalla, A.D.

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

M. Letronne has proved that in 795, sixty-five years consequently before the Danes, Irish monks landed in Iceland and established themselves on the coast.

From Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian by Various

Letronne is a half-submerged ring, at the southern end of the Oceanus Procellarum, which recalls Fracastorius in the western lunar hemisphere.

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

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