Meaning of Georgium Sidus | Babel Free

Definitions

The planet Uranus.

obsolete

Examples

“I cannot but wish to take this opportunity of expressing my sense of gratitude, by giving the name Georgium Sidus […] to a star, which (with respect to us) first began to shine under His auspicious reign.”

“The exclusion from the courts of the malign influence of all authorities after the Georgium sidus became ascendant, would uncanonize Blackstone.”

“The satellites of the Georgium Sidus, too, appear to move nearly at right angles to the plane of his orbit […]”

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