Astronomy in a nutshell, the chief facts and principles explained in popular language for the general reader and for schools (1912)
Serviss, Garrett Putman, 1851-1929, Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 42
econd magnitude. This is the cele-brated North Star. It is the most useful toman of all the stars, except the sun, and itdiffers from all the others in a way presentlyto be explained. But first it is essentialthat you should make no mistake in identi-fying it. There are certain landmarks inthe sky… … The Moon Near the Crater Tycho Photographed at the Lick Observatory under the direction of E. S. Holden.Tycho is the regular oval depression a little below the centre of the view.The vast depression, 140 miles across, with a row of smaller craters within,below the centre of the view at the top, is…
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