cortile
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cortile (pl. cortili). Internal area (
cortis) or courtyard of a
palazzo, often with
arcades or
colonnades rising several storeys, and open to the sky (as in various Florentine
palazzi) or roofed (as in
Barry's Reform Club, London (1837–41) ).
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/4/1994; 629 words
; ...educationist, 1905. Deaths: Bencivieni di Pepo (Giovanni Cimabue), painter, 1302; Ortelius (Abraham...Chateaubriand, politician and writer, 1848; Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli, astronomer, 1910; Marie Curie (Marja Sklodowska...
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Mars rover finds first direct evidence of water flow.(San Jose Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 3/2/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...something scientists have suspected for decades and dreamers have fantasized about since 19th-century astronomer Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli claimed to have spotted channels and swamps on the red planet. "I would call it a landmark discovery...
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Know thyself first and best.
Newspaper article from: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 9/13/2002; 700+ words
; ...on the surface of Mars. He wasn't the first to make this observation. In 1877, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli had observed through an 8-inch telescope what appeared to be long straight lines on the planet's surface...
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Mars rover finds first direct evidence of water flow.
Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA); 3/2/2004; 700+ words
; ...something scientists have suspected for decades and dreamers have fantasized about since 19th-century astronomer Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli claimed to have spotted channels and swamps on the red planet. "I would call it a landmark discovery...
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THAT RED ONE, OVER THERE, SEE?('Mars: The Lure of the Red Planet' by William Sheehan and Stephen James)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: New Scientist; 5/5/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...absolutely splendid. Here you'll find a full account of the controversy and the correspondence between Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli, Percival Lowell and Edward Emerson Barnard on the notorious Martian "canali" at the beginning of the 20th...
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Birthdays and anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/14/1997; 559 words
; ...composer, 1681; Johann Strauss the Elder, composer, 1804; Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy, 1820; Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli, astronomer, 1835; Mrs Isabella Mary Beeton (Mayson), author of household and cookery books, 1836...
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Confirmado: Marte tiene hielo: y, por lo tanto, agua. (Socied@d!).(TT: Confirmed: existence of ice, and therefore water, on Mars. (Society).)(Artículo Breve)
Magazine article from: Siempre!; 6/12/2002; 700+ words
; ...preparar mejor una misin tripulada, que no se espera para antes de 2025. Desde que el astrnomo italiano Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli descubriera en 1877 los canales de Marte, la bsqueda de agua ha presidido los sueos de muchos gelogos y el...
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Know thyself first and best.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 9/13/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...on the surface of Mars. He wasn't the first to make this observation. In 1877, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli had observed through an 8-inch telescope what appeared to be long straight lines on the planet's surface...
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Martian canals, Venusian spokes probably Lowell's retina
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 11/10/2002; ; 600 words
; ...on the surface of Mars. He wasn't the first to make this observation. In 1877, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli had observed through an 8-inch telescope what appeared to be long straight lines on the planet's surface...
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Lady in red
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 1/24/2008; 481 words
; ...scientists had let their imagination run full-steam on the rocky Martian course when they thought that astronomer Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli's 'canali' (Italian for channels) were irrigation canals built by an intelligent civilisation on Mars...
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Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli , 1835-1910, Italian astronomer. He was director (1862-1900) of the Brera Observatory, Milan. He is especially noted...
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