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WARGENTIN. 26. SCHICKARD. 28. Wargentin is an object quite unique of its kind--a crater about 52 miles across, that to all appearance has been filled to the brim with lava that has been left to consolidate. There are evidences of the remains of a rampart, especially on the southwest portion of the rim. The general aspect of Wargentin has been compared to that of a "thin cheese." The terraced and rutted exterior of the rampart has all the details of a true crater. The surface of the high plateau is marked by a few ridges branching from a point nearly in the center.

Schickard is one of the finest examples of a walled plain. It is 153 miles in diameter. Within its rampart are 16 smaller craters and without, numberless others.

The following are the names of topographic features of the Moon which can be located by the corresponding numbers on the accompanying chart.

1. Newton. 59. Pontanus. 2. Short. 60. Poisson. 3. Simpelius. 61. Aliacensis. 4. Manzinus. 62. Werner. 5. Moretus. 63. Pitatus. 6. Gruemberger. 64. Hesiodus. 7. Casatus. 65. Mercator. 8. Klaproth. 66. Vitello. 9. Wilson. 67. Fourier. 10. Kircher. 68. Lagrange. 11. Bettinus. 69. Vieta. 12. Blancanus. 70. Doppelmayer. 13. Clavius. 71. Campanus. 14. Scheiner. 72. Kies. 15. Zuchius. 73. Purbach. 16. Segner. 74. La Caille. 17. Bacon. 75. Playfair. 18. Nearchus. 76. Azophi. 19. Vlacq. 77. Sacrobosco. 20. Hommel. 78. Fracastorius. 21. Licetus. 79. Santbech. 22. Maginus. 80. Petavius. 23. Longomontanus. 81. Wilhelm Humboldt. 24. Schiller. 82. Polybius. 25. Phocylides. 83. Geber. 26. Wargentin. 84. Arzachael. 27. Inghirami. 85. Thebit. 28. Schickard. 86. Bullialdus. 29. Wilhelm I. 87. Hippalus. 30. Tycho. 88. Cavendish. 31. Saussure. 89. Mersenius. 32. Stoefler. 90. Gassendi. 33. Maurolycus. 91. Lubiniezky. 34. Barocius. 92. Alpetragius. 35. Fabricius. 93. Airy. 36. Metius. 94. Almanon. 37. Fernelius. 95. Catharina. 38. Heinsius. 96. Cyrillus. 39. Hainzel. 97. Theophilus. 40. Bouvard. 98. Colombo. 41. Piazzi. 99. Vendelinus. 42. Ramsden. 100. Langreen. 43. Capuanus. 101. Goclenius. 44. Cichus. 102. Guttemberg. 45. Wurzelbauer. 103. Isidorus. 46. Gauricus. 104. Capella. 47. Hell. 105. Kant. 48. Walter. 106. Descartes. 49. Nonius. 107. Abulfeda. 50. Riccius. 108. Parrot. 51. Rheita. 109. Albategnius. 52. Furnerius. 110. Alphons. 53. Stevinus. 111. Ptolemy. 54. Hase. 112. Herschel. 55. Snell. 113. Davy. 56. Borda. 114. Guerike. 57. Neander. 116. Bonpland. 58. Piccolomini.

117. Lalande. 174. Seleucus. 118. Reaumur. 175. Herodotus. 120. Letronne. 176. Aristarchus. 121. Billy. 177. La Hire. 122. Fontana. 178. Pytheas. 123. Hansteen. 179. Bessel. 124. Damoiseau. 180. Vitruvius. 125. Grimaldi. 181. Maraldi. 126. Flamsteed. 182. Macrobius. 127. Landsberg. 183. Cleomides. 128. Moesting. 184. Roemer. 129. Deambrel. 185. Littrow. 130. Taylor. 186. Posidonius. 131. Messier. 187. Geminus. 132. Maskelyne. 188. Linnaeus. 133. Sabine. 189. Autolycus. 134. Ritter. 190. Aristillus. 135. Godin. 191. Archimedes. 136. Soemmering. 192. Timocharis. 137. Schroeter. 193. Lambert. 138. Gambart. 194. Diophantus. 139. Reinhold. 195. Delisle. 140. Encke. 196. Briggs. 141. Hevelius. 197. Lichtenberg. 142. Riccioli. 199. Calippus. 143. Lohrman. 200. Cassini. 144. Cavalerius. 201. Gauss. 145. Reiner. 202. Messala. 146. Kepler. 203. Struve. 147. Copernicus. 204. Mason. 148. Stadius. 205. Plana. 149. Pallas. 206. Burg. 150. Triesnecker. 207. Baily. 151. Agrippa. 208. Eudoxus. 152. Arago. 209. Aristotle. 153. Taruntius. 210. Plato. 154. Apollonius. 211. Pico. 155. Schubert. 212. Helicon. 156. Firmicus. 213. Maupertuis. 157. Silberschlag. 214. Condamine. 158. Hyginus. 215. Bianchini. 159. Ukert. 216. Sharp. 160. Boscovich. 217. Mairan. 161. Ross. 218. Gerard. 162. Proclus. 219. Repsold. 163. Picard. 220. Pythagoras. 164. Condorcet. 221. Fontenelle. 165. Pliny or Menelaus. 222. Timaeus. 167. Manilius. 223. Epigenes. 168. Erastothenes. 224. Gartner. 169. Gay Lussac. 225. Thales. 170. Tobias Mayer. 226. Strabo. 171. Marius. 227. Endymion. 172. Olbers. 228. Atlas. 173. Vasco de Gama. 229. Hercules.

OLIVER C. FARRINGTON.

SOURCES OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOON

A number of textbooks and popular works on astronomy deal more or less fully with the Moon. Among them the following may be mentioned.

MOULTON, FOREST RAY--Introduction to Astronomy. Macmillan & Co., New York. 1916. 577 pp.

YOUNG, CHARLES A.--A Textbook of General Astronomy. Ginn & Co., Boston. 1898. 630 pp.

TODD, DAVID P.--Stars and Telescopes. Little, Brown & Co., Boston. 1899. 419 pp.

The following are some works which treat exclusively of the Moon.

NASMYTH, JAMES and CARPENTER, JAMES--The Moon. John Murray, London. 1885. 213 pp. 25 "Woodburytype" plates and several text figures.

PICKERING, WILLIAM H.--The Moon. Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. 1903. Quarto. 103 pp. and many full-sized plates.

PROCTOR, RICHARD A.--The Moon. Longmans, Green & Co., London. 1898. 314 pp.

GILBERT, GROVE K.--The Moon's Face. Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of Washington, 1892-93. Vol. 12, pp. 241-292.

SHALER, NATHANIEL S.--A Comparison of the Features of the Earth and the Moon. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 1907. Vol. 34, pp. 1-79. 25 plates.

CHART OF THE MOON'S SURFACE. AFTER NASMYTH.

The figures refer to the names given on pp. 11 and 12 and the use of the chart with the model will enable the reader to name the different features of the moon.]

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Transcriber Note

The list of "topographic features" (pp. 11-12) have some numbers missing (115, 116) and a comparison with Nasmyth and Carpenter's The Moon was missing those numbers but several other numbers were repeated. The repeated numbers appear to represent craters too close to split out.