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THE MOON

OLIVER C. FARRINGTON

CURATOR OF GEOLOGY

GEOLOGY

LEAFLET 6

FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

CHICAGO

1925

LIST OF GEOLOGICAL LEAFLETS ISSUED TO DATE

No. 1. Model of an Arizona Gold Mine $ .10

No. 2. Models of Blast Furnaces for Smelting Iron .10

No. 3. Amber--Its Physical Properties and Geological Occurrence .10

No. 4. Meteorites .10

No. 5. Soils .10

No. 6. The Moon .10

D. C. DA VIES, DIRECTOR

FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY CHICAGO. U.S.A.

PHOTOGRAPH OF MODEL IN RELIEF OF THE VISIBLE HEMISPHERE OF THE MOON. HALL 35.

The model is 19 feet in diameter.]

FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY

CHICAGO, 1925

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Table of Contents

The Moon 1 General Observations. 7 Description of Individual Features. 7 Sources of Additional Information About the Moon. 13

THE MOON