Peck, William G. (William Guy), 1820-1892 · New York, Chicago, A. S. Barnes & company · leaf 136
s to a circular arrangement.The number of crater-like objects that are shown by a good THE MOON. 131 telescope amounts to many thousands ; in some parts of themoon they are crowded together like the cells of a honey-comb. The larger formations of this class consist of circu-lar ridges enclosing… … Fig. 55. Distribution of Mountains and Plains.Model of the Moon by Nasmyth. From a photograph of a Explanation. The top of Fig. 55 corresponds to the northern limb of themoon and the left-hand side to the eastern limb. The prominent mountain range,originating near a large crater-like formation in…
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