Petavius

[ pi-tah-vee-uhs ]

/ pɪˈtɑ vi əs /

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a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 miles (160 km) in diameter from crest to crest.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

The latter compute of the Greeks, as Petavius observeth, hath been reduced unto two or three accounts.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 2 of 3)|Thomas Browne
That the term originally related to fire we have the authority of Petavius.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.|Jacob Bryant
About a hundred and forty miles south of Petavius is the fourth great mountain ring lying on the same meridian.
Pleasures of the telescope|Garrett Serviss
Two fragments of this treatise were given by Petavius, and are contained in the modern editions.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4|Various

Petavius is remarkable not only for its great size, but also for the rare feature of having a double rampart.
The Story of the Heavens|Robert Stawell Ball