Piazzi

[ pee-aht-see, -ah-zee; Italian pyaht-tsee ]

noun

1. Giuseppe, 1746–1826, Italian astronomer.

Example Sentences

In those days a man could not go from the Rose Tavern to the Piazzi once but he must venture his life twice.

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Around this piazzi is a network of narrow, ancient thoroughfares, with many curious houses.

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The Piazzi del Municipio was the scene of many conflicts in the troublous days of Perugia.

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It was on the 1st of January, 1801, that Piazzi commenced for the one hundred and fifty-ninth time to observe a new series.

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Conflagration of mount tna, which overwhelmed the church of St. Leon, and the physician Piazzi.

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