List, C, Hall, T. G. (Thomas Grainger), 1803-1881 · Philadelphia : Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. and Carey & Hart · leaf 67
uch light as we receive from the sun, threehundred thousand such moons as ours would berequired. As the moon sheds light upon the earth, so doesthe earth at times enlighten the moon; and ifthere are inhabitants on that body, as we have6 62 OUTLINES OF ASTRONOMY. some reasons for believing, the… … The Earth as seen at the Moon. As the inequalities in the moons surface causeit to appear spotted to us, so the geographicaldivisions of the earth are visible to the lunar na-tions. When the earth is full to them, they maysee its continents and oceans pass successivelyover its surface, at the rate…
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