According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
SEXTANS
Etymology
Proper noun
Sextans
(constellation) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south of the constellation of Leo.
Etymology
Noun
sextans
(historical, Roman antiquity) A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as.
Source: Wiktionary
Sex"tans, n. Etym: [L. See Sextant.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.)
Definition: A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as.
2. (Astron.)
Definition: A constellation on the equator south of Leo; the Sextant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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