Challis

(noun.) a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed).

编辑:沃伦

• On October 1 Challis heard that the German observer had anticipated him. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Among the three hundred stars observed Challis was struck by the appearance of one which presented a disk and shone with the brightness of a star of the eighth magnitude. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• He accordingly wrote to Professor Challis, July 9, requesting him to employ for the purpose the great Northumberland equatorial of the Cambridge Observatory. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Challis was kindly, but wanting in initiative. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

编辑:维尔玛