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Lockyer
[ lok-yer ]
noun
- Sir Joseph Norman, 1836–1920, English astronomer and author.
Lockyer
/ ˈlɒkjə /
noun
- LockyerSir Joseph Norman18361920MEnglishSCIENCE: astronomer Sir Joseph Norman. 1836–1920, English astronomer: a pioneer in solar spectroscopy, he was the first to observe helium in the sun's atmosphere (1868)
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Among the wounded were Captain Lockyer, in command, and other officers.
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He called into consultation the learned Benchley and the astute Sanders and the soft and sly Lockyer junior.
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Lockyer shifted uneasily at these evidences of unimpaired mentality and undaunted spirit.
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Lockyer gave him a hearty handclasp, made a few phrases about good wishes and the like, left him alone.
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It was no silly vaunt of optimism for him to tell Lockyer that only loss of life or loss of mind could dislodge him.
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