Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
STEREOMETRY
Etymology
Noun
stereometry (uncountable)
(now rare) The science of measuring the volume of solids or solid bodies.
Source: Wiktionary
Ste`re*om"e*try, n. Etym: [Stereo- + -metry: cf. F. stéréométrie.]
Definition: The art of measuring and computing the cubical contents of bodies and figures; -- distinguished from planimetry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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