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Look up: fornax

  1. Fornax
    In Roman mythology, Fornax was the goddess of the mysteries of bread-baking and the embryo's development.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Fornax
    [n] - a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Cetus and Phoenix
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Fornax
    English name: The Furnace. Genitive name: Fornacis. Visibility: Parts visible from the UK. See TABLE 20: THE CONSTELLATIONS.
    Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom

  4. Fornax
    `Fornax` is a southern constellation which was first introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille under the name `Fornax Chemica` (Latin for `chemical furnace`), representing a small solid-fuel heater formerly used for heating chemical experiments. The Fornax Dwarf galaxy is in Fornax. The Hubble Ultra Deep Field is located within Fornax. At a meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society in Britain, a team from University of Queensland described ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fornax

  5. Fornax
    Fornax is a Lat In girl name. The meaning of the name is `Mythical goddess of Bread` The name Fornax doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Fornax seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/For

  6. Fornax
    (abbr. For, gen. Fornacis) The Chemical Furnace, a faint southern constellation created by Lacaille in 1751-52 from several dim stars previously in Eridanus and named by him in honor of the chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was guillotined in the French Revolution. Its only star br...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi


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