Purbach
Americannoun
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And, sure enough, right under them, a little northeast of Purbach, the travellers easily distinguished a long line straight and black, really not unlike a railroad cutting through a low hilly country.
From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward
THEBIT.—A fine ring-plain, 32 miles in diameter, on the mountainous W. margin of the Mare Nubium, N.E. of Purbach.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
Purbach deserves the name that has been given him of the father of mathematical astronomy in modern times.
From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.
Different amphitheatres appeared confusedly under the white light of the full moon—Bouillaud, Purbach, almost square with a central crater, then Arzachel, whose interior mountain shone with indefinable brilliancy.
From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules
It much resembles Purbach in shape, but has lower walls.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
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