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ANQUETIL DU PERRON

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A. H. an eminent French oriental scholar. See Supplement.

ANSÆ, in Astronomy, implies the parts of Saturn's ring projecting beyond the disk of the planet.—The word is Latin, and properly signifies handles; these parts of the ring appearing like handles to the body of the planet.