The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 138
nator that we see these crater-like spots to the bestadvantage ; as it is there that the rising or setting sun casts ASTRONOMY. 119 long shadows over the lunar landscape, and brings eleva-tions into bold relief. They vary greatly in size ; some beingso large as to bear a sensible proportion to the… … Fig- 135- be evident from Fig. 135, which is from a photograph of amodel of the moon constructed by Nasmyth. . This same feature is nearly as marked in ftgs. 131 and132, which are copies of Rutherfurds photographs of themoon. 116. Lunar Craters.—The smaller saucer-shaped forma-tions on the surface…
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