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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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LAMONT. Astron. A ring on the edge of the so-called Mare Tranquillitatis on the moon, called after John Lamont (1805–79), of Braemar, Astronomer Royal of Bavaria.
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