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 142
are those which partially enclose Mare Imbrium ; namely,the Apennines on the south, and the Caucasus and theAlps on the east and north-east. The Apennines are themost extended of these, having a length of about four hun- ASTRONOMY. 125 dred and fifty miles. They rise gradually, from a… … height towards the north-east, where they culminate in arange of peaks whose altitude and rugged aspect must formone of the most terribly grand and romantic scenes which 126 ASTRONOMY, imagination can conceive. The north-east face of the rangeterminates abruptly in an almost vertical precipice;…
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