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uraˈnometry [ad. mod.L. uranometria uranometria: see urano-1 a and -metry. Cf. F. (1776) uranométrie, Sp. and It. -metria.] 1. A work descriptive of the heavens and esp. the fixed stars, showing or recording their magnitudes, relative positions, etc.1715 tr. Gregory's Astron. I. 310 He says that Bay...
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Johannes Stabius
These maps prompted the revival of interest in the field of uranometry throughout Europe.
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uranometria
‖ ˌuranoˈmetria [mod.L. uranometria (Bayer, 1603).] = uranometry.1882 Pop. Sci. Monthly XX. 700 Uranometria of the Southern Heavens. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 841/1 Sir John [Herschel]..did not go on to the formation of a complete ‘uranometria’.
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uranometrical
ˌuranoˈmetrical, a. rare—1. [See next and -ical.] Relating or pertaining to uranometry.1652 Charleton Darkn. Atheism Dispelled 327 The simple and demonstrable Uranometrical observations and Axioms of Antiquity.
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Albrecht Dürer
planispheres of both southern and northerns hemispheres, as well as the first printed celestial maps, which prompted the revival of interest in the field of uranometry
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