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THE MOON: CONSIDERED AS A PLANET, A WORLD, and A SATELLITE.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF PLATES.
CHAPTER I. ON THE COSMICAL ORIGIN OF THE PLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
CHAPTER II. THE GENERATION OF COSMICAL HEAT.
CHAPTER III. THE SUBSEQUENT COOLING OF THE IGNEOUS BODY.
CHAPTER IV. THE FORM, MAGNITUDE, WEIGHT, AND DENSITY OF THE LUNAR GLOBE.
CHAPTER V. ON THE EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE OF A LUNAR ATMOSPHERE.
CHAPTER VI. THE GENERAL ASPECT OF THE LUNAR SURFACE.
CHAPTER VII. TOPOGRAPHY OF THE MOON.
COPERNICUS, 147—(49·8—107·0). Plate VIII.
GASSENDI, 90—(59·7—123·3). Frontispiece.
EUDOXUS, 208 (29·7—88·0), and ARISTOTLE, 209 (30·0—84·6). Plate X.
TRIESNEKER, 150 (35·5—109·8). Plate XI.
THEOPHILUS, 97 (22·3—120·0). CYRILLUS, 96 (23·5—121·3). CATHARINA, 95 (24·7—124·0). Plate XII.
THEBIT, 85—(40·8—126·8).
PLATO, 210 (41·8—81·8). Plate XIV.
THE VALLEY OF THE ALPS (37·0—86·0). Plate XIV.
PICO, 211 (41·9—87·3). Plate XIV.
TYCHO, 30 (43·0—142·3). Plate XVI.
“WARGENTIN,” 26 (57·5—140·2). Plate XVII.
ARISTARCHUS, 176 (6·3—99·2), and HERODOTUS, 175 (63·2—99·6). Plate XVIII.
WALTER, 48 (37·8—131·9), and adjacent Intrusive Craters. Plate XX.
ARCHIMEDES, 191 (40·3—95·8), AUTOLYCUS, 189 (36·8—95·5), ARISTILLUS, 190 (37·0—93·3), and the APENNINES. Plate IX.
CHAPTER VIII. ON LUNAR CRATERS.
CHAPTER IX. ON THE GREAT RING-FORMATIONS NOT MANIFESTLY VOLCANIC.
CHAPTER X. PEAKS AND MOUNTAIN RANGES.
CHAPTER XI. CRACKS AND RADIATING STREAKS.
CHAPTER XII. COLOUR AND BRIGHTNESS OF LUNAR DETAILS: CHRONOLOGY OF FORMATIONS, AND FINALITY OF EXISTING FEATURES.
CHAPTER XIII. THE MOON AS A WORLD: DAY AND NIGHT UPON ITS SURFACE.
CHAPTER XIV. THE MOON AS A SATELLITE: ITS RELATION TO THE EARTH AND MAN.
CHAPTER XV. CONCLUDING SUMMARY.
FOOTNOTES
WORKS ON SCIENCE, &c.
Transcriber’s Notes
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