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Clavius
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Clavius [ˈkleɪvɪəs]
n
(Astronomy) one of the largest of the craters on the moon, about 230 kilometres (145 miles) in diameter, whose walls have peaks up to 5700 metres (19 000 feet) above the floor. It lies in the SE quadrant
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The Pope sought the advice of Christopher Clavius, the mathematician who devised the Gregorian calendar, the geographer Toribio Perez and other great thinkers, all of whom approved of the project.
The discoveries of Australia: if there is any one story about the ... by Kalantzis, Mary; Cope, Bill / Arena Magazine
Coming at the same time as Droz's French edition of the Poetics' fifth book, the present immense edition and German translation of Julius Caesar Scaliger's favorite work suggests that reevaluation of such major figures of the next generation as Carlo Sigonio, Christopher Clavius, J.
Poetices libri septem. Sieben Bucher uber die Dichtkunst by Reiss, Timothy J. / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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