Maurolycus
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Among these he places some of the most colossal formations, such as Clavius, Maurolycus, Stofler, Janssen, and Longomontanus.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
CLAIRAUT.—A very peculiar formation, about 40 miles in diameter, S. of Maurolycus, affording another good example of interference and overlapping.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
Maurolycus, Franciscus, 5, 42, 153, 180. medicinal use of iron, 33. of loadstone, 32.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William
BAROCIUS.—A massive formation, about 50 miles in diameter, on the S.W. side of Maurolycus, whose border it overlaps and considerably deforms.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
Leonardo also discussed the old Aristotelian problem of the rotundity of the sun’s image after passing through an angular aperture, but not so successfully as Maurolycus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
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