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Percival Lowell   /pˈərsɪvəl lˈoʊəl/   Listen
Percival Lowell

noun
1.
United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916).  Synonym: Lowell.





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... this is not true in a physical sense, it is true, as Mr. Percival Lowell has pointed out, that, with regard to the manners and customs of the people, everything is reversed, and the surest way to go right is to take pains to go dead wrong! "To speak backward, write backward, read backward, is but the A B C of ...
— Where Half The World Is Waking Up • Clarence Poe


Words linked to "Percival Lowell" :   uranologist, stargazer, astronomer


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