Shuler, Molton Ancrum. [from old catalog] · New York, Broadway publishing company · leaf 48
d instrument divides thedistance by about 1,000; therefore, since the moon is239,000 miles from the earth, she may be observed andstudied at that distance by means of the telescope aswell as she might be seen by the unaided eye wereshe but 240 or 250 miles from us. But in the case ofexceedingly… … Surface of the Moon. (V., p. 33.)
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