Celestial scenery, or, The Wonders of the planetary system displayed : illustrating the perfections of deity and a plurality of worlds (1845)

Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857, Parker, E. S., former owner. DSI, David H. DeVorkin Collection (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI · Philadelphia : Published by Edward C. Biddle · leaf 244

An illustration from Celestial scenery, or, The Wonders of the planetary system displayed : illustrating the perfections of deity and a plurality of worlds, 1845, leaf 244 — the bottom, from which streaks or streams oflight seem to proceed, is called Tyeho by some, and MountEtna by others. It consists of a large irregular cavity, sur-rounded by mountains \ and the streaks of light are the ele* VIEWS OF THE LUNAR SURFACE. 235 vatecl ridges of ranges of mountains, which… … Fig. LXXXV. (No. 1 Fig. LXXXV. (No. 2.) The shadows were then comparatively short, and it wouldrequire to be engraved on a much more extensive scale thanour page admits to show distinctly the elevations and depres-sions at the boundary between light and darkness. Fig.LXXXV. (Nos. 1 and 2,)…

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