Leverrier
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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"Britain is dominating cycling at the moment and that is promoting it better than anything else," said Leverrier, a 35-year-old banker.
From Reuters
Looking in the window of an Evans store in the Canary Wharf financial district, London-based Frenchman Corentin Leverrier says he is tempted to take up cycling again.
From Reuters
Leverrier predicted the existence and the place of the planet Neptune, but it was not until sometime later that Galle actually found the planet at the predicted spot.
From Project Gutenberg
The planet Neptune was discovered by Adams and Leverrier by calculation before it was seen in the telescope by Galle; and it was actually seen by Lalande on May 8 and 10, 1795, but he took it for a star and thus missed the discovery.
From Project Gutenberg
Prof. Newcomb said of Adams, the co-discoverer of Neptune with Leverrier, “Adams’ intellect was one of the keenest I ever knew.
From Project Gutenberg
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