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The Moon: considered as a planet, a world, and a satellite.
James Nasmyth and James Carpenter
James Nasmyth studied the moon as a cooling, cratered globe and asked whether it holds air or water. This classic treats the moon as planet, world, and satellite, tracing the generation of cosmic heat and the shaping of its surface. Rich, illustrated, and boldly speculative. A landmark of nineteenth-century lunar science. Consider the moon as a world with a history of its own.
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36 chapters
- 1THE MOON: CONSIDERED AS A PLANET, A WORLD, and A SATELLITE.
- 2PREFACE.
- 3CONTENTS.
- 4LIST OF PLATES.
- 5CHAPTER I. ON THE COSMICAL ORIGIN OF THE PLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
- 6CHAPTER II. THE GENERATION OF COSMICAL HEAT.
- 7CHAPTER III. THE SUBSEQUENT COOLING OF THE IGNEOUS BODY.
- 8CHAPTER IV. THE FORM, MAGNITUDE, WEIGHT, AND DENSITY OF THE LUNAR GLOBE.
- 9CHAPTER V. ON THE EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE OF A LUNAR ATMOSPHERE.
- 10CHAPTER VI. THE GENERAL ASPECT OF THE LUNAR SURFACE.
- 11CHAPTER VII. TOPOGRAPHY OF THE MOON.
- 12COPERNICUS, 147—(49·8—107·0). Plate VIII.
- 13GASSENDI, 90—(59·7—123·3). Frontispiece.
- 14EUDOXUS, 208 (29·7—88·0), and ARISTOTLE, 209 (30·0—84·6). Plate X.
- 15TRIESNEKER, 150 (35·5—109·8). Plate XI.
- 16THEOPHILUS, 97 (22·3—120·0). CYRILLUS, 96 (23·5—121·3). CATHARINA, 95 (24·7—124·0). Plate XII.
- 17THEBIT, 85—(40·8—126·8).
- 18PLATO, 210 (41·8—81·8). Plate XIV.
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