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IV. —GREAT SCENES ON THE MOON 181

APPENDIX 239

INDEX 243

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

Copernicus and the Carpathian Mountains Frontispiece

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MOON SHOWING PHASES OF CHANGE

PAGE No. 1, February 19, 1904; Moon’s Age 3.85 Days 50 No. 2, September 24, 1903; Moon’s Age 3.87 Days 56 No. 3, July 29, 1903; Moon’s Age 5.54 Days 66 No. 4, November 24, 1903; Moon’s Age 5.74 Days 72 No. 5, July 1, 1903; Moon’s Age 6.24 Days 74 No. 6, November 26, 1903; Moon’s Age 7.75 Days 78 No. 7, July 2, 1903; Moon’s Age 7.24 Days 90 No. 8, August 31, 1903; Moon’s Age 9.22 Days 94 No. 9, August 2, 1903; Moon’s Age 8.97 Days 102 No. 10, November 30, 1903; Moon’s Age 11.78 Days 106 No. 11, December 1, 1903; Moon’s Age 12.98 Days 112 No. 12, September 4, 1903; Moon’s Age 13.27 Days 118 No. 13, September 5, 1903; Moon’s Age 14.40 Days 122 No. 14, August 26, 1904; Moon’s Age 15.65 Days 132 No. 15, August 28, 1904; Moon’s Age 17.41 Days 134 No. 16, August 29, 1904; Moon’s Age 18.62 Days 138 No. 17, October 10, 1903; Moon’s Age 20.06 Days 142 No. 18, September 29, 1904; Moon’s Age 20.50 Days 144 No. 19, August 16, 1903; Moon’s Age 23.81 Days 150 No. 20, August 17, 1903; Moon’s Age 24.84 Days 158 No. 21, August 19, 1903; Moon’s Age 26.89 Days 168

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MOON SHOWING SIGNIFICANT FEATURES

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Bullialdus and the Mare Nubium 182

Tycho, Clavius, and their Surroundings 192

The Great Southwest on the Moon 198

The Giant Ring Mountain Theophilus and its 206 Neighbors.

Two Great Lunar “Seas”—the Mare Serenitatis and 218 a Part of the Mare Imbrium

DIAGRAMS IN TEXT

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Phases and Rotation of the Moon 14

The Moon’s Path with Respect to the Sun and the 17 Earth

The Moon and the Tides 23

Effect of Moon, Varying Velocity in Orbit 58 Producing Libration in Longitude

Lunar Volcano, in Section 85

Terrestrial Volcano, in Section 85

Diagram Showing Why the Winter Moon Runs High 170

Diagram Showing Why Moon Rises Later Every Night 173

Diagram Illustrating the Harvest Moon 174

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