A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined .. (1853)
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, F. J. Huntingdon [etc.] · leaf 115
hey were enjoying a distant view of a icorld,and that these dim outlines were a nattiral map of its nearest hemisphere! Havingseen the man in the moon, they have supposed it useless to pursue the subject anyfurther, and here their investigations have ended. 235. By a careful observation of the… … 1. By watching the moon carefully with thenaked *eye, it will be seen that the same spotsoccupy nearly the same places upon her diskfrom month* to month; which shows that thesame side is always toward us. 2. Suppose a monument erected upon themoons surface, so as to point toward the earthat New…
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