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It is well known that with many Hottentot women the posterior part of the body projects in a wonderful manner; they are steatopygous; and Sir Andrew Smith is certain that this peculiarity is greatly admired by the men. Idem illustrissimus viator dixit mihi praecinctorium vel tabulam foeminae, quod nobis teterrimum est, quondam permagno aestimari ab hominibus in hac gente.
Exacta etiam vrbis Moscuae latitudo ab Anglis obseruata, interiorum Regionum emendatius describendarum infallibilem legem praescripsit: Quibus oblatis adminiculis pulcherrimis, iniquum putaui tabulam hanc castigatiorem non reddere. The same in English.
Scheiner, in his "Appelles post Tabulam," describes four different ways of viewing the spots; one of which is by the interposition of blue or green glasses.
Ecce, tabula nigra. Look there, a black board. O tu tabula nigra. Oh, you black board! Video tabulam nigram. I see a black board. Pars tabulæ nigræ. Part of a black board. Addo partem tabulæ nigræ. I add a part to a black board. Vides aliquid in tabula nigra. I see something on a black board.
Light flying clouds happened, at the time, to weaken the intensity of his light, so that he was able to show the spots to his pupils. These observations were not published till January 1612; and they appeared in the form of three letters, addressed to Mark Velser, one of the magistrates of Augsburg, under the signature of Appelles post Tabulam.
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