Astronomy for the use of schools and academies (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908, Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910 · New York : Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 138
ses to up-wards of twelve thousand feet above the level of the plateau,nearly in the centre of which stands a magnificent group ofcones, three of which attain a height of more than twenty-four hundred feet. Many ridges, or spurs, may be observed leading away fromthe outer banks of the great… … appear in the figure, nor are they seen upon the moon, 122 ASTRONOMY, except at and near the full phase. They show conspicu-ously, however, by their united lustre on the full moon. This crater is seen just to the south-west of the largedusky plain in the upper part of Fig. 132. This plain isMare…
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