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Definition of Percival Lowell
1. Noun. United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916).
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Literary usage of Percival Lowell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1899)
"Percival Lowell Death of the noted astronomer for many years a member of the
Corporation ... The passing on of Percival Lowell—November 12, 1916—marks the ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1901)
"Mr. Percival Lowell, of Flagstaff, Arizona, ... BY Percival Lowell. (Head December
6, 1901.) 1. On a certain morning in December, 1900, paragraphs appeared ..."
3. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1889)
"By Percival Lowell, member of the Asiatic Society of Japan; ... Its author is Mr.
Percival Lowell. He does not, however, confine himself to Japan alone, ..."
4. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1896)
"MARS, BY Percival Lowell. By WW CAMPBELL. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895;
8vo, pp. 228 +VIII, XXIV Illustrations. [Reprinted from the original in ..."
5. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1893)
"BY Percival Lowell, ESQ. [Head March 8th, 1893.] INCARNATIONS. I. The miracles,
as I Lave hinted, are performed largely with an eye, at least one eye, ..."
6. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"Percival Lowell that goes to an author, offers him a higher price for his book
than his regular publisher offers, and then puts it on sale in only one ..."
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