Piazzi

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

/ piˈɑt si, -ˈɑ zi; Italian ˈpyɑt tsi /

Giuseppe, 1746–1826, Italian astronomer.

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Conflagration of mount tna, which overwhelmed the church of St. Leon, and the physician Piazzi.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The Piazzi Sopramuro is one of the oldest parts of the town.
Old Continental Towns|Walter M. Gallichan
It was on the 1st of January, 1801, that Piazzi commenced for the one hundred and fifty-ninth time to observe a new series.
The Story of the Heavens|Robert Stawell Ball
Piazzi fell back upon pagan mythology for the name of his little world, and called it Ceres, from the Roman goddess of corn.
Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century|Various

Piazzi noticed a considerable increase of lustre in a very faint star of the twelfth magnitude viewed through a comet.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century|Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke