Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 113
ses fell onthe surface of both the Earth and Moon and so caused them. m THE BOOK OF THE STARS An experiment to show how the volcanoes might have beenformed by showers of meteors can be made by covering thesurface of your starboard with a layer of soft clay about 4 inchesthick, and then throwing… … Fig. 105.—Real Volcanoes. The volcanoes of California, Japan and the Hawaiian Islandsare, many of them, still active, while those on the Moon havelong since become extinct. This is easily accounted for, sincethe mass of the Moon is very small compared with that of theEarth, and hence, the Moon has…
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