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Fracastorius

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[frah-ka-stawr-ee-uhs, -stohr-] / ˌfrɑ kæˈstɔr i əs, -ˈstoʊr- /

noun

  1. a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.


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A ray from Tycho, striking along the E. wall of Fracastorius passes near this object.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn

ROSSE.—A fine bright deep crater in the Mare Nectaris, N. of the pointed termination of the W. wall of Fracastorius, with which it is connected by a bold curved ridge, with a crater upon it.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn

Fracastorius died in the     same year, and Ramusio erected a statue of him at Padua.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

The evil of which Fracastorius sang is combated by sudorifics, by unguents of oil and sulphur, and especially by the sand-bath.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Do we believe that Erasmus and Fracastorius wrote Latin as well as Dr. Robertson and Sir Walter Scott wrote English?

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

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