Category: History - American

Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology Papers 34-44 on Science and Technology

chronogram desired. Literally, "sit planetis" means "May he be eternal ruler _by_ [or _through_] favor of the planets," while "sit planetarum" is to be translated "May he be eternal ruler _of_ the planets." Father Winters considered both versions somewhat overexaggerated and p...