Part 27

Lubiniesky, 184.

Lunar charts, their relative accuracy, 161.

Lunar history, 62.

Lunar month, 12.

Lunar nomenclature, 59, 147. number of objects bearing names, 161. singularity of, 203.

Lunar plains, darkening of, near sunset, 144.

Lunar sickle, rule to determine position of, 168.

Lunar vegetation, 32.

Maginus, 100, 146, 196.

Manilius, 122, 222.

Marco Polo, 222.

Mare Crisium, 52, 55.

Mare Fœcunditatis, 65.

Mare Frigoris, 76.

Mare Humorum, 106, 117, 150.

Mare Imbrium, 103, 142, 144, 224. irregularities in the floor of, 232. islands in, 231.

Mare Nectaris, 68, 135.

Mare Nubium, 102, 148, 180.

Mare Serenitatis, 74, 135, 219, 232. bordering cliffs of, 220. ridges in the floor of, 234.

Mare Tranquillitatis, 74, 135.

Mare Vaporum, 103.

“Marsh of a Dream,” 68, 91.

Mass of moon, 35.

Maurolycus, 75, 142, 204.

Menelaus, 92, 221.

Mercator, 185.

Month, lunar, 12.

Moon, birth of, and Pacific Ocean, 6. distance of, from earth, 8. greatest distance of, from earth, 8. influence of, on growth of vegetation, 163. least distance of, from earth, 8. life on, 230. other side of, 139. seen by daylight, 149. separation of, from the earth, 6. turning of same face of, toward earth, 19.