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The moon : considered as a planet, a world, and a satellite

Nasmyth, James Hall, 1808-1890, Carpenter, James, 1840-1899 · 1874 · London : J. Murray · 2 pictures

A scientific treatise on lunar geology by engineer James Nasmyth and astronomer James Carpenter, published by John Murray in London in 1874 for astronomers and educated general readers. The wood-engraved figures diagram crater formation in cross-section and plan: stippled and hatched rock masses, a lava conduit feeding a swollen dome, and radiating fissures spreading from a central point across ruled ground.

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