The moon : considered as a planet, a world, and a satellite (1874)
Nasmyth, James Hall, 1808-1890, Carpenter, James, 1840-1899 · London : J. Murray · leaf 162
103 LUNAR CRATERS. CHAP. VIII.] In the volcanoes of the earth we observe another action either concurrent with or immediately subsequent to the erection or formation of the cone : this is the outflow or the welling forth of fluid lava, which … in cooling forms the well-known plateau. We have this feature copiously- represented upon the moon and it is presumable that it has in general been produced in a manner analogous to its counterparts upon the earth. We may conceive that the fluid matter was either spirted forth with the solid or…
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