The book of stars; being a simple explanation of the stars and their uses to boy life, written to conform to the tests of the Boy scouts (1915)
Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 121
e shall imagine is that 102 THE BOOK OF THE STARS we have made the trip and set foot somewhere on the Moon.Having performed this mental somersault we shall carefullyleave out all the hard questions about living there without airand water, for this is a pleasure trip and we dont want to spoilthe fun… … ft* QUARTER!* Fig. 115.—How Neap Tides Are Formed. temperature drops to 500 degrees below zero when the Moonsnight comes on. Our next observation will probably be that we feel muchlighter than we did on Earth and we are lighter in the verynature of things, for the weight of bodies on the Moon is…
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