The Latin equivalent of Künigsberger. The name adopted by Johann Müller, the mathematician. (1436-1476.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Regium DonumRegina…
The Great Magician or Wizard of the North. Professor Wilson calls Sir Walter Scott the Great Magician, from the wonderful fascination of his writings. Magician of the North. The title…
(Johann Kepler, 1571-1630): (1) That the planets describe ellipses, and that the centre of the sun is in one of the foci. (2) That every planet so moves that the line drawn from it to the…
One who does for his employer all sorts of services. Sometimes called a Johannes Factotum. Our “Jack-of-all-trades” does not mean a factotum, but one who does odd jobs for anyone who will…
The other four largest moons of Saturn are Tethys, Dione, Rhea, and Iapetus. Tethys is 650 mi (1,060 km) in diameter. Its surface is heavily cratered, and it has a huge, globe-girdling…
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