单词 | cometographer |
释义 | cometographern. Now chiefly historical. A person who studies or describes comets. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > comet > [noun] > person cometographer1686 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. viii. 262 Rochenbach, a Great Cometographer, quoted by Hevelius. 1758 Lloyd's Evening Post 31 July 109/3 Given at our Star-chamber in Moorfields... Philalethes, President. Astrophilus, Recorder. Kepler, junior, Cometographer. Lunaticus, Selenographist. 1847 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 1845–7 7 260 M. Pingré, the celebrated cometographer, sought in vain for the original observations. 1985 Times 6 July 4/8 Shipping companies are operating cruises in the Pacific..complete with lectures by leading astronomers and cometographers. 2004 Kirkus Rev. (Nexis) 1 Jan. A gifted inventor.., teacher, coffee house raconteur, astronomer, microscopist, cometographer, dissector, vivisector, artist—all these hats and more Hooke wore. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1686 |
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